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Acts
Chapter 3
11 As he clung to Peter and John, all the people hurried in amazement toward them in the portico called "Solomon's Portico."
12 When Peter saw this, he addressed the people, "You Israelites, why are you amazed at this, and why do you look so intently at us as if we had made him walk by our own power or piety?
13 The God of Abraham, (the God) of Isaac, and (the God) of Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified 1 his servant Jesus whom you handed over and denied in Pilate's presence, when he had decided to release him.
14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One 2 and asked that a murderer be released to you.
15 The author of life you put to death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.
16 And by faith in his name, this man, whom you see and know, his name has made strong, and the faith that comes through it has given him this perfect health, in the presence of all of you.
17 Now I know, brothers, that you acted out of ignorance, 4 just as your leaders did;
18 but God has thus brought to fulfillment what he had announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, 5 that his Messiah would suffer.
19 Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away,
20 and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus, 6
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration 7 of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.
22 For Moses said: 8 'A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen; to him you shall listen in all that he may say to you.
23 Everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be cut off from the people.'
24 Moreover, all the prophets who spoke, from Samuel and those afterwards, also announced these days.
25 You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he said to Abraham, 'In your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'
26 For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways."

Psalms
Chapter 8
1 For the leader; "upon the gittith." A psalm of David.
4 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place--
5 What are humans that you are mindful of them, mere mortals that you care for them?
6 Yet you have made them little less than a god, crowned them with glory and honor.
7 You have given them rule over the works of your hands, put all things at their feet:
8 All sheep and oxen, even the beasts of the field,

Luke
Chapter 24
35 Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
36 While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you."
37 But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.
38 Then he said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts?
39 Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have."
40 And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41 While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, "Have you anything here to eat?"
42 They gave him a piece of baked fish;
43 he took it and ate it in front of them.
44 He said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.
46 And he said to them, "Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day
47 and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.

Psalms 24-26

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Acts
Chapter 3
1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o'clock hour of prayer. 2
2 And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called "the Beautiful Gate" every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.
4 But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us."
5 He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Peter said, "I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, (rise and) walk."
7 Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong.
8 He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.
9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
10 they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him.
Psalms
Chapter 105
1 Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the peoples his deeds!
2 Sing praise, play music; proclaim all his wondrous deeds!
3 Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
4 Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face.
6 You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!
7 The LORD is our God who rules the whole earth.
8 He remembers forever his covenant, the pact imposed for a thousand generations,
9 Which was made with Abraham, confirmed by oath to Isaac,
Luke
Chapter 24
13 Now that very day two of them were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
14 and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
15 And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
16 but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, "What are you discussing as you walk along?" They stopped, looking downcast.
18 One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?"
19 And he replied to them, "What sort of things?" They said to him, "The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
20 how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him.
21 But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place.
22 Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning
23 and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive.
24 Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see."
25 And he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!
26 Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer 4 these things and enter into his glory?"
27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures.
28 As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
29 But they urged him, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over." So he went in to stay with them.
30 And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them.
31 With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.
32 Then they said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning (within us) while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?"
33 So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them
34 who were saying, "The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!"
35 Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Acts
Chapter 2

36 Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified."

37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they asked Peter and the other apostles, "What are we to do, my brothers?"

38 Peter (said) to them, "Repent and be baptized, ¹ every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.

39 For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call."

40 He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."

41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day.

Psalms
Chapter 33

4 For the LORD'S word is true; all his works are trustworthy.

5 The LORD loves justice and right and fills the earth with goodness.

18 But the LORD'S eyes are upon the reverent, upon those who hope for his gracious help,

19 Delivering them from death, keeping them alive in times of famine.

20 Our soul waits for the LORD, who is our help and shield.

22 May your kindness, LORD, be upon us; we have put our hope in you.

John
Chapter 20

11 But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb

12 and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.

13 And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Lord, and I don't know where they laid him."

14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus.

15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" She thought it was the gardener and said to him, "Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him."

16 Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni," ² which means Teacher.

17 Jesus said to her, "Stop holding on to me, ³ for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

18 Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and what he told her.

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Judges 17-21

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Monday

Genesis 32-35

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Sunday

I Corinthians 1-2

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Saturday

Matthew 23-25

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Friday

Isaiah 45-50

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Thursday

Job 17-18

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Psalms 21-23

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Isaiah
Chapter 50

4 The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear;

5 And I have not rebelled, have not turned back.

6 I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.

7 The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

8 He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me.

9 See, the Lord GOD is my help; who will prove me wrong? Lo, they will all wear out like cloth, the moth will eat them up.

Psalms
Chapter 69

7 Let those who wait for you, LORD of hosts, not be shamed through me. Let those who seek you, God of Israel, not be disgraced through me

8 For your sake I bear insult, shame covers my face.

9 I have become an outcast to my kin, a stranger to my mother's children.

20 You know my reproach, my shame, my disgrace; before you stand all my foes.

21 Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak; I looked for compassion, but there was none, for comforters, but found none.

30 But I am afflicted and in pain; let your saving help protect me, God,

32 My song will please the LORD more than oxen, more than bullocks with horns and hooves:

33 "See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, take heart!

Matthew
Chapter 26

14 Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscar iot, ¹ went to the chief priests

15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver,

16 and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.

17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, ³ the disciples approached Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

18 He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples."'"

19 The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover.

20 When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve.

21 And while they were eating, he said, "Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me." ⁵

22 Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, "Surely it is not I, Lord?"

23 He said in reply, "He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me.

24 The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born."

25 Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" He answered, "You have said so."

Isaiah
Chapter 49

1 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother's womb he gave me my name.

2 He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me.

3 You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory.

4 Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, Yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is with my God.

5 For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, That Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; And I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD, and my God is now my strength!

6 It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

Psalms
Chapter 71

1 In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.

2 In your justice rescue and deliver me; listen to me and save me!

3 Be my rock and refuge, my secure stronghold; for you are my rock and fortress.

4 My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the clutches of the violent.

5 You are my hope, Lord; my trust, GOD, from my youth.

6 On you I depend since birth; from my mother's womb you are my strength; my hope in you never wavers.

15 My mouth shall proclaim your just deeds, day after day your acts of deliverance, though I cannot number them all.

17 God, you have taught me from my youth; to this day I proclaim your wondrous deeds.

John
Chapter 13

21 When he had said this, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, "Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

22 The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant.

23 One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, ¹ was reclining at Jesus' side.

24 So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant.

25 He leaned back against Jesus' chest and said to him, "Master, who is it?"

26 Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I hand the morsel ² after I have dipped it." So he dipped the morsel and (took it and) handed it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot.

27 After he took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."

28 (Now) none of those reclining at table realized why he said this to him.

29 Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or to give something to the poor.

30 So he took the morsel and left at once. And it was night.

31 When he had left, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

32 (If God is glorified in him,) God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.

33 My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, 'Where I go you cannot come,' so now I say it to you.

36 Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?" Jesus answered (him), "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later."

37 Peter said to him, "Master, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times."

Tuesday

Judges 12-16

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Genesis 28-31

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Romans 15-16

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Saturday

Matthew 20-22

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Friday

Isaiah 40-44

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Thursday

Job 15-16

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Genesis
Chapter 17

3 When Abram prostrated himself, God continued to speak to him:

4 "My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations.

5 No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations.

6 I will render you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings shall stem from you.

7 I will maintain my covenant with you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting pact, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

8 I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are now staying, the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession; and I will be their God."

9 God also said to Abraham: "On your part, you and your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the ages.

Psalms
Chapter 105

4 Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face.

5 Recall the wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and his words of judgment,

6 You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!

7 The LORD is our God who rules the whole earth.

8 He remembers forever his covenant, the pact imposed for a thousand generations,

9 Which was made with Abraham, confirmed by oath to Isaac,

John
Chapter 8

51 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death."

52 (So) the Jews said to him, "Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, 'Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.'

53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, ¹ who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?"

54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.'

55 You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word.

56 Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it ² and was glad.

57 So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?" ³

58 Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM."

59 So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.

Psalms 18-20

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Daniel
Chapter 3

14 King Nebuchadnezzar questioned them: "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up?

15 Be ready now to fall down and worship the statue I had made, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, lyre, harp, psaltery, bagpipe, and all the other musical instruments; otherwise, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace; and who is the God that can deliver you out of my hands?"

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, "There is no need for us to defend ourselves before you in this matter.

17 If our God, whom we serve, can save us from the white-hot furnace and from your hands, O king, may he save us!

18 But even if he will not, know, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up."

19 Nebuchadnezzar's face became livid with utter rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usual

20 and had some of the strongest men in his army bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and cast them into the white-hot furnace.

91 King Nebuchadnezzar rose in haste and asked his nobles, "Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?" "Assuredly, O king," they answered.

92 "But," he replied, "I see four men unfettered and unhurt, walking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of God."

95 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel to deliver the servants that trusted in him; they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

Daniel
Chapter 3

52 "Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever; And blessed is your holy and glorious name, praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages.

53 Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, praiseworthy and glorious above all forever.

54 Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.

55 Blessed are you who look into the depths from your throne upon the cherubim, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.

56 Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, praiseworthy and glorious forever.

John
Chapter 8

31 Jesus then said to those Jews who believed in him, "If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,

32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. ³ How can you say, 'You will become free'?"

34 Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

35 A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son ⁴ always remains.

36 So if a son frees you, then you will truly be free.

37 I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you.

38 I tell you what I have seen in the Father's presence; then do what you have heard from the Father."

39 They answered and said to him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works of Abraham.

40 But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this.

41 You are doing the works of your father!" (So) they said to him, "We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God."

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.

Judges 7-11

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Numbers
Chapter 21

4 From Mount Hor they set out on the Red Sea road, to by-pass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey,

5 the people complained against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!"

6 In punishment the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of them died.

7 Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people,

8 and the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover."

9 Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered.

Psalms
Chapter 102

1 The prayer of one afflicted and wasting away whose anguish is poured out before the LORD.

2 LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry come to you.

15 Its stones are dear to your servants; its dust moves them to pity.

16 The nations shall revere your name, LORD, all the kings of the earth, your glory,

17 Once the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in glory,

18 Heeding the plea of the lowly, not scorning their prayer.

19 Let this be written for the next generation, for a people not yet born, that they may praise the LORD:

20 "The LORD looked down from the holy heights, viewed the earth from heaven,

John
Chapter 8

21 He said to them again, "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."

22 So the Jews said, "He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?"

23 He said to them, "You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world.

24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, ⁴ you will die in your sins."

25 So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "What I told you from the beginning.

26 I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world."

27 They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father.

28 So Jesus said (to them), "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me.

29 The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him."

30 Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.

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Daniel
Chapter 13

1 In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim,

2 who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman, Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah;

3 her pious parents had trained their daughter according to the law of Moses.

4 Joakim was very rich; he had a garden near his house, and the Jews had recourse to him often because he was the most respected of them all.

5 That year, two elders of the people were appointed judges, of whom the Lord said, "Wickedness has come out of Babylon: from the elders who were to govern the people as judges."

6 These men, to whom all brought their cases, frequented the house of Joakim.

7 When the people left at noon, Susanna used to enter her husband's garden for a walk.

8 When the old men saw her enter every day for her walk, they began to lust for her.

9 They suppressed their consciences; they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven, and did not keep in mind just judgments.

15 One day, while they were waiting for the right moment, she entered the garden as usual, with two maids only. She decided to bathe, for the weather was warm.

16 Nobody else was there except the two elders, who had hidden themselves and were watching her.

17 "Bring me oil and soap," she said to the maids, "and shut the garden doors while I bathe."

19 As soon as the maids had left, the two old men got up and hurried to her.

20 "Look," they said, "the garden doors are shut, and no one can see us; give in to our desire, and lie with us.

21 If you refuse, we will testify against you that you dismissed your maids because a young man was here with you."

22 "I am completely trapped," Susanna groaned. "If I yield, it will be my death; if I refuse, I cannot escape your power.

23 Yet it is better for me to fall into your power without guilt than to sin before the Lord."

24 Then Susanna shrieked, and the old men also shouted at her,

25 as one of them ran to open the garden doors.

26 When the people in the house heard the cries from the garden, they rushed in by the side gate to see what had happened to her.

27 At the accusations by the old men, the servants felt very much ashamed, for never had any such thing been said about Susanna.

28 When the people came to her husband Joakim the next day, the two wicked elders also came, fully determined to put Susanna to death. Before all the people they ordered:

29 "Send for Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah, the wife of Joakim." When she was sent for,

30 she came with her parents, children and all her relatives.

33 All her relatives and the onlookers were weeping.

34 In the midst of the people the two elders rose up and laid their hands on her head.

35 Through her tears she looked up to heaven, for she trusted in the Lord wholeheartedly.

36 The elders made this accusation: "As we were walking in the garden alone, this woman entered with two girls and shut the doors of the garden, dismissing the girls.

37 A young man, who was hidden there, came and lay with her.

38 When we, in a corner of the garden, saw this crime, we ran toward them.

39 We saw them lying together, but the man we could not hold, because he was stronger than we; he opened the doors and ran off.

40 Then we seized this one and asked who the young man was,

41 but she refused to tell us. We testify to this." The assembly believed them, since they were elders and judges of the people, and they condemned her to death.

42 But Susanna cried aloud: "O eternal God, you know what is hidden and are aware of all things before they come to be:

43 you know that they have testified falsely against me. Here I am about to die, though I have done none of the things with which these wicked men have charged me."

44 The Lord heard her prayer.

45 As she was being led to execution, God stirred up the holy spirit of a young boy named Daniel,

46 and he cried aloud: "I will have no part in the death of this woman."

47 All the people turned and asked him, "What is this you are saying?"

48 He stood in their midst and continued, "Are you such fools, O Israelites! To condemn a woman of Israel without examination and without clear evidence?

49 Return to court, for they have testified falsely against her."

50 Then all the people returned in haste. To Daniel the elders said, "Come, sit with us and inform us, since God has given you the prestige of old age."

51 But he replied, "Separate these two far from one another that I may examine them."

52 After they were separated one from the other, he called one of them and said: "How you have grown evil with age! Now have your past sins come to term:

53 passing unjust sentences, condemning the innocent, and freeing the guilty, although the Lord says, "The innocent and the just you shall not put to death.'

54 Now, then, if you were a witness, tell me under what tree you saw them together."

55 "Under a mastic tree," he answered. "Your fine lie has cost you your head," said Daniel; "for the angel of God shall receive the sentence from him and split you in two."

56 Putting him to one side, he ordered the other one to be brought. "Offspring of Canaan, not of Judah," Daniel said to him, "beauty has seduced you, lust has subverted your conscience.

57 This is how you acted with the daughters of Israel, and in their fear they yielded to you; but a daughter of Judah did not tolerate your wickedness.

58 Now, then, tell me under what tree you surprised them together."

59 "Under an oak," he said. "Your fine lie has cost you also your head," said Daniel; "for the angel of God waits with a sword to cut you in two so as to make an end of you both."

60 The whole assembly cried aloud, blessing God who saves those that hope in him.

61 They rose up against the two elders, for by their own words Daniel had convicted them of perjury. According to the law of Moses, they inflicted on them the penalty they had plotted to impose on their neighbor:

62 they put them to death. Thus was innocent blood spared that day.

Psalms
Chapter 23

1 A psalm of David. ² The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.

2 In green pastures you let me graze; to safe waters you lead me;

3 you restore my strength. You guide me along the right path for the sake of your name.

4 Even when I walk through a dark valley, I fear no harm for you are at my side; your rod and staff give me courage.

5 You set a table before me as my enemies watch; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6 Only goodness and love will pursue me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come.

John
Chapter 8

1 while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ¹

2 But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them.

3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle.

4 They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.

5 Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. ² So what do you say?"

6 They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. ³

7 But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

8 Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.

9 And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him.

10 Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

11 She replied, "No one, sir." Then Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, (and) from now on do not sin any more."

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The Book of Wisdom
Chapter 2

1 they who said among themselves, thinking not aright: "Brief and troublous is our lifetime; neither is there any remedy for man's dying, nor is anyone known to have come back from the nether world.

12 Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings, Reproaches us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our training.

13 He professes to have knowledge of God and styles himself a child of the LORD.

14 To us he is the censure of our thoughts; merely to see him is a hardship for us,

15 Because his life is not like other men's, and different are his ways.

16 He judges us debased; he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure. He calls blest the destiny of the just and boasts that God is his Father.

17 Let us see whether his words be true; let us find out what will happen to him.

18 For if the just one be the son of God, he will defend him and deliver him from the hand of his foes.

19 With revilement and torture let us put him to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience.

20 Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him."

21 These were their thoughts, but they erred; for their wickedness blinded them,

22 And they knew not the hidden counsels of God; neither did they count on a recompense of holiness nor discern the innocent souls' reward.

Psalms
Chapter 34

16 The LORD has eyes for the just and ears for their cry.

17 The LORD'S face is against evildoers to wipe out their memory from the earth.

18 When the just cry out, the LORD hears and rescues them from all distress.

19 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.

20 Many are the troubles of the just, but the LORD delivers from them all.

22 Evil will slay the wicked; those who hate the just are condemned.

John
Chapter 7

1 After this, Jesus moved about within Galilee; but he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him.

2 But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.

10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but (as it were) in secret.

25 So some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, "Is he not the one they are trying to kill?

26 And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities ² have realized that he is the Messiah?

27 But we know where he is from. When the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from."

28 So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, "You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true.

29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

30 So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.

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Isaiah
Chapter 49

8 Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you, To restore the land and allot the desolate heritages,

9 Saying to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves! Along the ways they shall find pasture, on every bare height shall their pastures be.

10 They shall not hunger or thirst, nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike them; For he who pities them leads them and guides them beside springs of water.

11 I will cut a road through all my mountains, and make my highways level.

12 See, some shall come from afar, others from the north and the west, and some from the land of Syene.

13 Sing out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, break forth into song, you mountains. For the LORD comforts his people and shows mercy to his afflicted.

14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me."

15 Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you.

Psalms
Chapter 145

7 They publish the renown of your abounding goodness and joyfully sing of your justice.

8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in love.

12 Making known to all your power, the glorious splendor of your rule.

13 Your reign is a reign for all ages, your dominion for all generations. The LORD is trustworthy in every word, and faithful in every work.

16 You open wide your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 You, LORD, are just in all your ways, faithful in all your works.

John
Chapter 5

17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is at work until now, so I am at work."

18 For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.

19 Jesus answered and said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, a son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees his father doing; for what he does, his son will do also.

20 For the Father loves his Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed.

21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, ³ so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes.

22 Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment ⁴ to his Son,

23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

24 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.

25 Amen, amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself.

27 And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

28 Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

29 and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.

30 "I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

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Ezekiel
Chapter 47

1 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the facade of the temple was toward the east; the water flowed down from the southern side of the temple, south of the altar.

2 He led me outside by the north gate, and around to the outer gate facing the east, where I saw water trickling from the southern side.

3 Then when he had walked off to the east with a measuring cord in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and had me wade through the water, which was ankle-deep.

4 He measured off another thousand and once more had me wade through the water, which was now knee-deep. Again he measured off a thousand and had me wade; the water was up to my waist.

5 Once more he measured off a thousand, but there was now a river through which I could not wade; for the water had risen so high it had become a river that could not be crossed except by swimming.

6 He asked me, "Have you seen this, son of man?" Then he brought me to the bank of the river, where he had me sit.

7 Along the bank of the river I saw very many trees on both sides.

8 He said to me, "This water flows into the eastern district down upon the Arabah, and empties into the sea, the salt waters, which it makes fresh.

9 Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live, and there shall be abundant fish, for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh.

12 Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of every kind shall grow; their leaves shall not fade, nor their fruit fail. Every month they shall bear fresh fruit, for they shall be watered by the flow from the sanctuary. Their fruit shall serve for food, and their leaves for medicine."

Psalms
Chapter 46

1 For the leader. A song of the Korahites. According to alamoth.

2 God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress.

4 Though its waters rage and foam and mountains totter at its surging. ³ The LORD of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob. Selah

5 Streams of the river gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High.

7 Though nations rage and kingdoms totter, God's voice thunders and the earth trembles.

8 The LORD of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob. Selah

John
Chapter 5

1 After this, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep (Gate) ³ a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes.

3 In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled. ⁴

5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be well?"

7 The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me."

8 Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk."

9 Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked. Now that day was a sabbath.

10 So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."

11 He answered them, "The man who made me well told me, 'Take up your mat and walk.'"

12 They asked him, "Who is the man who told you, 'Take it up and walk'?"

13 The man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd there.

14 After this Jesus found him in the temple area and said to him, "Look, you are well; do not sin any more, so that nothing worse may happen to you."

15 The man went and told the Jews that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

16 Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus because he did this on a sabbath.

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Isaiah
Chapter 65

17 Lo, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind.

18 Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness in what I create; For I create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight;

19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people. No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying;

20 No longer shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not round out his full lifetime; He dies a mere youth who reaches but a hundred years, and he who fails of a hundred shall be thought accursed.

21 They shall live in the houses they build, and eat the fruit of the vineyards they plant

Psalms
Chapter 30

1 A psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David.

3 O LORD, my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.

4 LORD, you brought me up from Sheol; you kept me from going down to the pit.

5 Sing praise to the LORD, you faithful; give thanks to God's holy name.

10 "What gain is there from my lifeblood, from my going down to the grave? Does dust give you thanks or declare your faithfulness?

11 Hear, O LORD, have mercy on me; LORD, be my helper."

12 You changed my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.

John
Chapter 4

43 After the two days, he left there for Galilee.

44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place.

45 When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast.

46 Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.

47 When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death.

48 Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe."

49 The royal official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

50 Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.

51 While he was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.

52 He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, "The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon."

53 The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he and his whole household came to believe.

54 (Now) this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.

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Romans 11-12

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Matthew 14-16

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Hosea
Chapter 14

2 Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God; you have collapsed through your guilt.

3 Take with you words, and return to the LORD; Say to him, "Forgive all iniquity, and receive what is good, that we may render as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.

4 Assyria will not save us, nor shall we have horses to mount; We shall say no more, 'Our god,' to the work of our hands; for in you the orphan finds compassion."

5 I will heal their defection, I will love them freely; for my wrath is turned away from them.

6 I will be like the dew for Israel: he shall blossom like the lily; He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar,

7 and put forth his shoots. His splendor shall be like the olive tree and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar.

8 Again they shall dwell in his shade and raise grain; They shall blossom like the vine, and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

9 Ephraim! What more has he to do with idols? I have humbled him, but I will prosper him. "I am like a verdant cypress tree"-- Because of me you bear fruit!

10 Let him who is wise understand these things; let him who is prudent know them. Straight are the paths of the LORD, in them the just walk, but sinners stumble in them.

Psalms
Chapter 81

5 For this is a law in Israel, an edict of the God of Jacob,

6 Who made it a decree for Joseph when he came out of the land of Egypt. II I hear a new oracle:

7 "I relieved their shoulders of the burden; their hands put down the basket.

8 In distress you called and I rescued you; unseen, I spoke to you in thunder; At the waters of Meribah I tested you and said: Selah

9 'Listen, my people, I give you warning! If only you will obey me, Israel!

10 There must be no foreign god among you; you must not worship an alien god.

13 So I gave them over to hardness of heart; they followed their own designs.

16 Those who hate the LORD would tremble, their doom sealed forever.

Mark
Chapter 12

28 One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, "Which is the first of all the commandments?"

29 Jesus replied, "The first is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!

30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

31 The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

32 The scribe said to him, "Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, 'He is One and there is no other than he.'

33 And 'to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself' is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."

34 And when Jesus saw that (he) answered with understanding, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Job 11-12

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Jeremiah
Chapter 7

23 This rather is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you, so that you may prosper.

24 But they obeyed not, nor did they pay heed. They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to me.

25 From the day that your fathers left the land of Egypt even to this day, I have sent you untiringly all my servants the prophets.

26 Yet they have not obeyed me nor paid heed; they have stiffened their necks and done worse than their fathers.

27 When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you either; when you call to them, they will not answer you.

28 Say to them: This is the nation which does not listen to the voice of the LORD, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech.

Psalms
Chapter 95

1 Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD; cry out to the rock of our salvation.

2 Let us greet him with a song of praise, joyfully sing out our psalms.

6 Enter, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who made us.

7 For this is our God, whose people we are, God's well-tended flock. Oh, that today you would hear his voice:

8 Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the desert.

9 There your ancestors tested me; they tried me though they had seen my works.

Luke
Chapter 11

14 He was driving out a demon (that was) mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute person spoke and the crowds were amazed.

15 Some of them said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons."

16 Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.

17 But he knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house.

18 And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons.

19 If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people ¹ drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

20 But if it is by the finger of God that (I) drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

21 When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe.

22 But when one stronger ² than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils.

23 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

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Deuteronomy
Chapter 4

1 "Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

5 Therefore, I teach you the statutes and decrees as the LORD, my God, has commanded me, that you may observe them in the land you are entering to occupy.

6 Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations, who will hear of all these statutes and say, 'This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.'

7 For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him?

8 Or what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

9 "However, take care and be earnestly on your guard not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live, but teach them to your children and to your children's children.

Psalms
Chapter 147

12 Glorify the LORD, Jerusalem; Zion, offer praise to your God,

13 Who has strengthened the bars of your gates, blessed your children within you,

15 The LORD sends a command to earth; his word runs swiftly!

16 Thus snow is spread like wool, frost is scattered like ash,

19 The LORD also proclaims his word to Jacob, decrees and laws to Israel.

20 God has not done this for other nations; of such laws they know nothing. Hallelujah!

Matthew
Chapter 5

17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.

18 Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.

19 Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ²

Tuesday

Joshua 21-24

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Genisis 16-19

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Daniel
Chapter 3

25 In the fire Azariah stood up and prayed aloud:

34 For your name's sake, do not deliver us up forever, or make void your covenant.

35 Do not take away your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham, your beloved, Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,

36 To whom you promised to multiply their offspring like the stars of heaven, or the sand on the shore of the sea.

37 For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation, brought low everywhere in the world this day because of our sins.

38 We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader, no holocaust, sacrifice, oblation, or incense, no place to offer first fruits, to find favor with you.

39 But with contrite heart and humble spirit let us be received;

40 As though it were holocausts of rams and bullocks, or thousands of fat lambs, So let our sacrifice be in your presence today as we follow you unreservedly; for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.

41 And now we follow you with our whole heart, we fear you and we pray to you.

42 Do not let us be put to shame, but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy.

43 Deliver us by your wonders, and bring glory to your name, O Lord:

Psalms
Chapter 25

3 No one is disgraced who waits for you, but only those who lightly break faith.

4 Make known to me your ways, LORD; teach me your paths.

5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. For you I wait all the long day, because of your goodness, LORD.

6 Remember your compassion and love, O LORD; for they are ages old.

7 Remember no more the sins of my youth; remember me only in light of your love.

8 Good and upright is the LORD, who shows sinners the way,

Matthew
Chapter 18

21 Then Peter approaching asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?"

22 Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

23 That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants.

24 When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.

25 Since he had no way of paying it back, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, his children, and all his property, in payment of the debt.

26 At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.'

27 Moved with compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan.

28 When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a much smaller amount. ⁵ He seized him and started to choke him, demanding, 'Pay back what you owe.'

29 Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'

30 But he refused. Instead, he had him put in prison until he paid back the debt.

31 Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master and reported the whole affair.

32 His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.

33 Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?'

34 Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt. ⁶

35 So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart."