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Psalm chapter 147

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Praise the LORD! It is good to sing praise to our God; it is pleasant and right to praise him.
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The LORD is restoring Jerusalem; he is bringing back the exiles.
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He heals the broken-hearted and bandages their wounds.
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He has decided the number of the stars and calls each one by name.
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Great and mighty is our Lord; his wisdom cannot be measured.
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He raises the humble, but crushes the wicked to the ground.
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Sing hymns of praise to the LORD; play music on the harp to our God.
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He spreads clouds over the sky; he provides rain for the earth and makes grass grow on the hills.
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He gives animals their food and feeds the young ravens when they call.
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His pleasure is not in strong horses, nor his delight in brave soldiers;
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but he takes pleasure in those who honor him, in those who trust in his constant love.
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Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
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He keeps your gates strong; he blesses your people.
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He keeps your borders safe and satisfies you with the finest wheat.
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He gives a command to the earth, and what he says is quickly done.
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He spreads snow like a blanket and scatters frost like dust.
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He sends hail like gravel; no one can endure the cold he sends!
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Then he gives a command, and the ice melts; he sends the wind, and the water flows.
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He gives his message to his people, his instructions and laws to Israel.
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He has not done this for other nations; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD!

Zechariah chapter 13

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"When that time comes," says the LORD Almighty, "a fountain will be opened to purify the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem from their sin and idolatry.
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At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.
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Then if anyone still insists on prophesying, his own father and mother will tell him that he must be put to death, because he claimed to speak the LORD's word, but spoke lies instead. When he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him to death.
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When that time comes, no prophet will be proud of his visions or act like a prophet or wear a prophet's coarse garment in order to deceive people.
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Instead, he will say, 'I am not a prophet. I am a farmer---I have farmed the land all my life.'
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Then if someone asks him, 'What are those wounds on your chest?' he will answer, 'I got them at a friend's house.' "
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The LORD Almighty says, "Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd who works for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people
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and throughout the land two-thirds of the people will die.
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And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God."

Zechariah chapter 14

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The day when the LORD will sit in judgment is near. Then Jerusalem will be looted, and the loot will be divided up before your eyes.
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The LORD will bring all the nations together to make war on Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half of the people will go into exile, but the rest of them will not be taken away from the city.
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Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he has fought in times past.
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At that time he will stand on the Mount of Olives, to the east of Jerusalem. Then the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west by a large valley. Half of the mountain will move northward, and half of it southward.
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You will escape through this valley that divides the mountain in two. You will flee as your ancestors did when the earthquake struck in the time of King Uzziah of Judah. The LORD my God will come, bringing all the angels with him.
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When that time comes, there will no longer be cold or frost,
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nor any darkness. There will always be daylight, even at nighttime. When this will happen is known only to the LORD.
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When that day comes, fresh water will flow from Jerusalem, half of it to the Dead Sea and the other half to the Mediterranean. It will flow all year long, in the dry season as well as the wet.
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Then the LORD will be king over all the earth; everyone will worship him as God and know him by the same name.
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The whole region, from Geba in the north to Rimmon in the south, will be made level. Jerusalem will tower above the land around it; the city will reach from the Benjamin Gate to the Corner Gate, where there had been an earlier gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal wine presses.
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The people will live there in safety, no longer threatened by destruction.
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The LORD will bring a terrible disease on all the nations that make war on Jerusalem. Their flesh will rot away while they are still alive; their eyes and their tongues will rot away.
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At that time the LORD will make them so confused and afraid that everyone will seize the man next to him and attack him.
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The men of Judah will fight to defend Jerusalem. They will take as loot the wealth of all the nations---gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.
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A terrible disease will also fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, and the donkeys---on all the animals in the camps of the enemy.
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Then all of the survivors from the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go there each year to worship the LORD Almighty as king and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
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If any nation refuses to go and worship the LORD Almighty as king, then rain will not fall on their land.
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If the Egyptians refuse to celebrate the Festival of Shelters, then they will be struck by the same disease that the LORD will send on every nation that refuses to go.
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This will be the punishment that will fall on Egypt and on all the other nations if they do not celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
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At that time even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with the words "Dedicated to the LORD." The cooking pots in the Temple will be as sacred as the bowls before the altar.
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Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in all Judah will be set apart for use in the worship of the LORD Almighty. The people who offer sacrifices will use them for boiling the meat of the sacrifices. When that time comes, there will no longer be any merchant in the Temple of the LORD Almighty.

Luke chapter 15

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One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus,
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the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law started grumbling, "This man welcomes outcasts and even eats with them!"
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So Jesus told them this parable:
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"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them---what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one that got lost until you find it.
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When you find it, you are so happy that you put it on your shoulders
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and carry it back home. Then you call your friends and neighbors together and say to them, 'I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!'
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In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.
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"Or suppose a woman who has ten silver coins loses one of them---what does she do? She lights a lamp, sweeps her house, and looks carefully everywhere until she finds it.
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When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says to them, 'I am so happy I found the coin I lost. Let us celebrate!'
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In the same way, I tell you, the angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents."
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Jesus went on to say, "There was once a man who had two sons.
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The younger one said to him, 'Father, give me my share of the property now.' So the man divided his property between his two sons.
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After a few days the younger son sold his part of the property and left home with the money. He went to a country far away, where he wasted his money in reckless living.
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He spent everything he had. Then a severe famine spread over that country, and he was left without a thing.
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So he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him out to his farm to take care of the pigs.
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He wished he could fill himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything to eat.
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At last he came to his senses and said, 'All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!
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I will get up and go to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against God and against you.
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I am no longer fit to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired workers." '
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So he got up and started back to his father. "He was still a long way from home when his father saw him; his heart was filled with pity, and he ran, threw his arms around his son, and kissed him.
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'Father,' the son said, 'I have sinned against God and against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son.'
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But the father called to his servants. 'Hurry!' he said. 'Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.
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Then go and get the prize calf and kill it, and let us celebrate with a feast!
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For this son of mine was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.' And so the feasting began.
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"In the meantime the older son was out in the field. On his way back, when he came close to the house, he heard the music and dancing.
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So he called one of the servants and asked him, 'What's going on?'
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'Your brother has come back home,' the servant answered, 'and your father has killed the prize calf, because he got him back safe and sound.'
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The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in.
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But he spoke back to his father, 'Look, all these years I have worked for you like a slave, and I have never disobeyed your orders. What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends!
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But this son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes, and when he comes back home, you kill the prize calf for him!'
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'My son,' the father answered, 'you are always here with me, and everything I have is yours.
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But we had to celebrate and be happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.' "

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