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Jeremiah
31: 7-14
Psalm
147: 13-21
Ephesians
1:3-14
John
1: 10-18
Jeremiah
31: 7-14
7 For
thus says the Lord: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim,
give praise, and say, "Save, O Lord, your people, the
remnant of Israel." 8 See, I am going to
bring them from the land of the north, and gather them
from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind
and the lame, those with child and those in labor,
together; a great company, they shall return here. 9 With
weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead
them back, I will let them walk by brooks of water, in a
straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I have
become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 Hear
the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the
coastlands far away; say, "He who scattered Israel
will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd a
flock." 11 For the Lord has ransomed
Jacob, and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.
12 They shall come and sing aloud on the
height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the
goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine, and the
oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their
life shall become like a watered garden, and they shall
never languish again. 13 Then shall the young
women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old
shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I
will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow. 14 I
will give the priests their fill of fatness, and my people
shall be satisfied with my bounty, says the Lord.
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Psalm
147: 13-20
13 For
he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your
children within you. 14 He grants peace within
your borders; he fills you with the finest of wheat. 15 He
sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost
like ashes. 17 He hurls down hail like
crumbs— who can stand before his cold? 18 He
sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind
blow, and the waters flow. 19 He declares his
word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel. 20 He
has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know
his ordinances. Praise the Lord!
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Ephesians
1:3-14
3 Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the
heavenly places, 4 just as he chose us in
Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and
blameless before him in love. 5 He destined us
for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ,
according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to
the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed
on us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have
redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our
trespasses, according to the riches of his grace 8 that
he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight 9 he
has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to
his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, 10 as
a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things
in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 11 In
Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been
destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes
all things according to his counsel and will, 12 so
that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ,
might live for the praise of his glory. 13 In
him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were
marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; 14 this
is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as
God's own people, to the praise of his glory.
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John
1: 10-18
10 He
was in the world, and the world came into being through
him; yet the world did not know him. 11 He
came to what was his own, and his own people did not
accept him. 12 But to all who received him,
who believed in his name, he gave power to become children
of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of
the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. 14 And
the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen
his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of
grace and truth.
15 (John
testified to him and cried out, "This was he of whom
I said, "He who comes after me ranks ahead of me
because he was before me.' ") 16 From his
fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 The
law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen
God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's
heart, who has made him known.
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