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And he that curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
from Exodus 21:17
You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
from Deuteronomy 27:16 · a strong link
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
from Leviticus 19:3 · a strong link
Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your maidservant, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
from Exodus 20:8
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said to the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.
from Exodus 23:12
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
from I Corinthians 8:4
But now thus says the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that formed you, O Israel, Do not fear: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine.
from Isaiah 44:6 · a strong link
Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten of me.
from Isaiah 43:1
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
from Isaiah 44:21
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
We love him, because he first loved us.
from John 3:16 · a strong link
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,
from I John 4:19
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
For the truth’s sake, which dwells in us, and shall be with us for ever.
from I John 2:27
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
from II John 1:2
For there is not a just man upon earth, that does good, and sins not.
from I John 1:8
For in many things we all stumble. If any man does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
from Ecclesiastes 7:20
But let patience have her perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.
from James 3:2
In your patience possess you your souls.
from James 1:4 · a strong link
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
from I Corinthians 12:28
But the Helper, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you.
from Ephesians 3:5
When therefore he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
from John 14:26 · a strong link
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him.
from John 2:22 · a strong link
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
from John 12:16
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
from I Chronicles 29:17
Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees?
from I Samuel 16:7
For he is not a man, as I am, so that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
from Job 10:4
No but, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?
from Job 9:32 · a strong link
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
That you put off your old self, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
from I Corinthians 5:7
In which you also walked some time, when you lived in them.
from Ephesians 4:22
In which formerly you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:
from Colossians 3:7 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Exodus 21:17 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table