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And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
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.
When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
from Matthew 23:12
He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
from Job 22:29
He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
from Luke 1:52 · a strong link
He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
from Psalms 107:40 · a strong link
He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged.
from Job 12:24
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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.
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
from I Corinthians 8:4
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
from Mark 12:29
But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
from Galatians 3:20
Who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.
from Hebrews 8:6
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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.
As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
from I John 3:16
For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, so that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit:
from John 10:15
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
from I Peter 3:18 · a strong link
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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 we have not followed cleverly devised myths, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
from I John 2:27
And it happened about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
from II Peter 1:16
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, and James, and John, and led them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
from Luke 9:28
And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
from Mark 9:2
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
from Mark 14:33
Is it nothing to you, all you that pass by? look, and see if there is any sorrow like to my sorrow, which is done to me, with which the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
from Luke 22:44
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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.
Greet all your leaders, and all the saints. They of Italy greet you.
from I Corinthians 12:28 · a strong link
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
from Hebrews 13:24 · a strong link
So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
from Hebrews 13:17
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
from Ezekiel 33:7
It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.
from Acts 5:20 · a strong link
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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.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the inmost thoughts, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
from I Chronicles 29:17 · a strong link
But, O LORD of hosts, that judge righteously, that try the inmost thoughts and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I revealed my cause.
from Jeremiah 17:10 · a strong link
You have seen it; for you see mischief and spite, to repay it with your hand: the poor commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
from Jeremiah 11:20
Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
from Psalms 10:14
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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
But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
from Ephesians 4:22 · a strong link
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cling to the Lord.
from Hebrews 3:13
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Matthew 23:12 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.
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