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You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
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.
That you may be blameless and innocent, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
from Matthew 5:14 · a strong link
He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a while to rejoice in his light.
from Philippians 2:15
We have also the prophetic word more fully confirmed; to which you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
from John 5:35 · a strong link
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shone.
from II Peter 1:19
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high has visited us,
from Isaiah 9:2 · a strong link
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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
To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
from Mark 12:29
And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
from Jude 1:25
That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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.
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
from I John 3:16
Therefore thus says the LORD; Look, against this family do I devise an evil, from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you go haughtily: for this time is evil.
from Romans 16:4
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts.
from Micah 2:3 · 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.
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 I John 2:27 · a strong link
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
from John 14:26
And it happened, that, when Elisabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit:
from Luke 1:67
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
from Luke 1:41
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
from Revelation of John 1:10 · a strong link
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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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.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
from I Corinthians 12:28
Remember your leaders, who have spoken to you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conduct.
from I Timothy 5:17
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example to you to follow us.
from Hebrews 13:7
Have we not power to eat and to drink?
from II Thessalonians 3:9
Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
from I Corinthians 9:4 · 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.
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
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
from I Samuel 16:7
The LORD shall strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a painful boils that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
from II Samuel 14:25
The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scab, and with the itch, of which you cannot be healed.
from Deuteronomy 28:35 · 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:
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
from I Corinthians 5:7
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin to salvation.
from John 1:29
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;
from Hebrews 9:28 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Matthew 5:14 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