Do not cause me dismay! You are my source of safety in times of trouble.

“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

you built yourself a chamber and put up a pavilion in every public square.

Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand.

I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the Lord.”

Even on male and female servants I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord’s community.

(2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and they will mislead many.

The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.