¹After the death of Moses the servant of the Lᴏʀᴅ, it came to pass that the Lᴏʀᴅ spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: ²“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. ³Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. ⁴From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory. ⁵No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. ⁶Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. ⁸This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. ⁹Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lᴏʀᴅ your God is with you wherever you go.” ¹⁰Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, ¹¹“Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lᴏʀᴅ your God is giving you to possess.’ ” ¹²And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh Joshua spoke, saying, ¹³“Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lᴏʀᴅ commanded you, saying, ‘The Lᴏʀᴅ your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land.’ ¹⁴Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall pass before your brethren armed, all your mighty men of valor, and help them, ¹⁵until the Lᴏʀᴅ has given your brethren rest, as He gave you, and they also have taken possession of the land which the Lᴏʀᴅ your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses the Lᴏʀᴅ’s servant gave you on this side of the Jordan toward the sunrise.” ¹⁶So they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. ¹⁷Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the Lᴏʀᴅ your God be with you, as He was with Moses. ¹⁸Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.”

¹A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried to the Lᴏʀᴅ, And He heard me. ²Deliver my soul, O Lᴏʀᴅ, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue. ³What shall be given to you, Or what shall be done to you, You false tongue? ⁴Sharp arrows of the warrior, With coals of the broom tree! ⁵Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! ⁶My soul has dwelt too long With one who hates peace. ⁷I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war.

¹A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? ²My help comes from the Lᴏʀᴅ, Who made heaven and earth. ³He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. ⁴Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. ⁵The Lᴏʀᴅ is your keeper; The Lᴏʀᴅ is your shade at your right hand. ⁶The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. ⁷The Lᴏʀᴅ shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. ⁸The Lᴏʀᴅ shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.

¹A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ.” ²Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem! ³Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together, ⁴Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the Lᴏʀᴅ, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the Lᴏʀᴅ. ⁵For thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. ⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. ⁷Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.” ⁸For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, “Peace be within you.” ⁹Because of the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ our God I will seek your good.

¹“The Spirit of the Lᴏʀᴅ God is upon Me, Because the Lᴏʀᴅ has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; ²To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lᴏʀᴅ, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, ³To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lᴏʀᴅ, that He may be glorified.” ⁴And they shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise up the former desolations, And they shall repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. ⁵Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And the sons of the foreigner Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. ⁶But you shall be named the priests of the Lᴏʀᴅ, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast. ⁷Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs. ⁸“For I, the Lᴏʀᴅ, love justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in truth, And will make with them an everlasting covenant. ⁹Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, And their offspring among the people. All who see them shall acknowledge them, That they are the posterity whom the Lᴏʀᴅ has blessed.” ¹⁰I will greatly rejoice in the Lᴏʀᴅ, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. ¹¹For as the earth brings forth its bud, As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, So the Lᴏʀᴅ God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

¹So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. ²Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.” ³And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!” ⁴But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? ⁶But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” ⁷And he arose and departed to his house. ⁸Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men. ⁹As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him. ¹⁰Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ¹²When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ¹³But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” ¹⁴Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁵And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. ¹⁷Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” ¹⁸While He spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her and she will live.” ¹⁹So Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His disciples. ²⁰And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. ²¹For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” ²²But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour. ²³When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing, ²⁴He said to them, “Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him. ²⁵But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. ²⁶And the report of this went out into all that land. ²⁷When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” ²⁸And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” ²⁹Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” ³⁰And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows it.” ³¹But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country. ³²As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a man, mute and demon-possessed. ³³And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, “It was never seen like this in Israel!” ³⁴But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.” ³⁵Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. ³⁶But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ³⁸Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”