Tuesday, March 31, 2026

^10:1“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. ²But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.” ⁶Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them. ⁷Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door. ⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. ⁹I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.

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^49:6And he said to me, It is a great thing for thee to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given thee for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth. ⁷Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen thee. ⁸Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succoured thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages: ⁹saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and bidding them that are in darkness shew themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths shall be their pasture. ¹⁰They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort them, and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.

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^31:3And the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy father, and to thy family, and I will be with thee. ⁴And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were. ⁵And he said to them, I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before, but the God of my father was with me. ⁶And ye too know that with all my might I have served your father. ⁷But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me. ⁸If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white. ⁹So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me. ¹⁰And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots. ¹¹And the angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it? ¹²And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee. ¹³I am God that appeared to thee in the place of God, where thou anointedst a pillar to me, and vowedst to me there a vow; now then arise and depart out of this land, depart into the land of thy nativity, and I will be with thee. ¹⁴And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father? ¹⁵Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money. ¹⁶All the wealth and the glory which God has taken from our father, it shall be our's and our children's; now then do whatsoever God has said to thee.

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^21:3To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices. ⁴A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin. ⁶He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death. ⁷Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly. ⁸To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right. ⁹It is better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house. ¹⁰The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man. ¹¹When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge. ¹²A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness. ¹³He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him. ¹⁴A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath. ¹⁵It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers. ¹⁶A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants. ¹⁷A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance; ¹⁸and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. ¹⁹It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman. ²⁰A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up. ²¹The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.

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^7:26For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; ²⁷who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself. ²⁸For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son forever who has been perfected. ^8:1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, ²a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.

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^10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture. ¹⁰The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. ¹¹“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. ¹³The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own; ¹⁵even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

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^49:6And he said to me, It is a great thing for thee to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given thee for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth. ⁷Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen thee. ⁸Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succoured thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages: ⁹saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and bidding them that are in darkness shew themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths shall be their pasture. ¹⁰They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort them, and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.

Brenton LXX, public domain

^31:3And the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy father, and to thy family, and I will be with thee. ⁴And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were. ⁵And he said to them, I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before, but the God of my father was with me. ⁶And ye too know that with all my might I have served your father. ⁷But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me. ⁸If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white. ⁹So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me. ¹⁰And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots. ¹¹And the angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it? ¹²And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee. ¹³I am God that appeared to thee in the place of God, where thou anointedst a pillar to me, and vowedst to me there a vow; now then arise and depart out of this land, depart into the land of thy nativity, and I will be with thee. ¹⁴And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father? ¹⁵Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money. ¹⁶All the wealth and the glory which God has taken from our father, it shall be our's and our children's; now then do whatsoever God has said to thee.

Brenton LXX, public domain

^21:3To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices. ⁴A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin. ⁶He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death. ⁷Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly. ⁸To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right. ⁹It is better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house. ¹⁰The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man. ¹¹When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge. ¹²A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness. ¹³He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him. ¹⁴A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath. ¹⁵It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers. ¹⁶A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants. ¹⁷A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance; ¹⁸and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. ¹⁹It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman. ²⁰A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up. ²¹The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.

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