Jeremiah
23:1-6
Psalm
46
Colossians 1:11-20
Luke 23:33-43
23:1
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my
pasture! says the LORD.
23:2
Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the
shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered
my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended
to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the
LORD.
23:3
Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the
lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to
their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
23:4
I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and
they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be
missing, says the LORD.
23:5
The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up
for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and
deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the
land.
23:6
In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety.
And this is the name by which he will be called: "The LORD
is our righteousness."
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46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
46:2
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
46:3
though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble
with its tumult. Selah
46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the
holy habitation of the Most High.
46:5
God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will
help it when the morning dawns.
46:6
The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his
voice, the earth melts.
46:7
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah
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1:11
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his
glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything
with patience, while joyfully
1:12
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the
inheritance of the saints in the light.
1:13
He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us
into the kingdom of his beloved Son,
1:14
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
1:15
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation;
1:16
for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created,
things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
rulers or powers--all things have been created through him and
for him.
1:17
He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold
together.
1:18
He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first
place in everything.
1:19
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
1:20
and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all
things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through
the blood of his cross.
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23:33
When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they
crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and
one on his left.
23:34
Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not
know what they are doing." And they cast lots to divide his
clothing.
23:35
And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at
him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he
is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!"
23:36
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour
wine,
23:37
and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save
yourself!"
23:38
There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King
of the Jews."
23:39
One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and
saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and
us!"
23:40
But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God,
since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
23:41
And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting
what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing
wrong."
23:42
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your
kingdom."
23:43
He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in
Paradise."
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