Pro 9:1-5, Mat 3:1-12, 10:1-4, Luk 3:4-6, 9:1-5, 10:1-12, Act 2:38-39 | ESV | STEP | Wisdom has built her house ; she has hewn her seven pillars .

1 ^aWisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her ^bseven ^cpillars.
2 She has ^dslaughtered her beasts; she has ^emixed her wine;
she has also ^fset her table.
3 She has ^gsent out her young women to ^hcall
from ⁱthe highest places in the town,
4 ^j“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
^kTo him who lacks sense she says,
5 “Come, ^leat of my bread
and ^mdrink of ⁿthe wine I have mixed.

Matthew 3:1-12

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 ^oIn those days ^pJohn the Baptist came preaching in ^qthe wilderness of Judea, 2 ^r“Repent, for ^sthe kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

^t“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^u‘Prepare ^{▼▼Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness} the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”
4 Now John wore ^wa garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was ^xlocusts and ^ywild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, ^zconfessing their sins.

7 But when he saw many of ^aathe Pharisees and ^abSadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, ^ac“You brood of ^advipers! Who warned you to flee from ^aethe wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit ^afin keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ^ag‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from ^ahthese stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. ^aiEvery tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

11 ^aj“I baptize you with water ^akfor repentance, but ^alhe who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ^amwith the Holy Spirit and ^anfire. 12 His ^aowinnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and ^apgather his wheat into the barn, ^aqbut the chaff he will burn with ^arunquenchable fire.”

Matthew 10:1-4

The Twelve Apostles

1 ^asAnd he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. 2 ^atThe names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, ^auwho is called Peter, and ^avAndrew his brother; ^awJames the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and ^axMatthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Lebbaeus, or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus} 4 Simon the Zealot, ^{▼▼Greek kananaios, meaning zealot} and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Luke 3:4-6

4 As it is written in ^bathe book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

^bb“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^bc‘Prepare the way of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord}
make his paths straight.
5 ^beEvery valley shall be filled,
^bfand every mountain and hill shall be made low,
^bgand the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
6 ^bhand all flesh shall see ^bithe salvation of God.’”

Luke 9:1-5

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

1 ^bjAnd he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2 ^bkand he sent them out to ^blproclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. 3 ^bmAnd he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, ^bnno staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics. ^{▼▼Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin} 4 And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. 5 And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town ^bpshake off the dust from your feet ^bqas a testimony ^bragainst them.”

Luke 10:1-12

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

1 After this the Lord appointed ^bsseventy-two ^{▼▼Some manuscripts seventy; also verse 17} others and ^busent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 ^bvAnd he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ^bwTherefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; ^bxbehold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 ^byCarry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and ^bzgreet no one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ^ca‘Peace be to this house!’ 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, ^cbit will return to you. 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ^ccthe laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8 Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick in it and say to them, ^cd‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11 ^ce‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that ^cfthe kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, ^cgit will be more bearable on ^chthat day for Sodom than for that town.

Acts 2:38-39

38 And Peter said to them, ^ci“Repent and ^cjbe baptized every one of you ^ckin the name of Jesus Christ ^clfor the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive ^cmthe gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For ^cnthe promise is for you and ^cofor your children and for all ^cpwho are far off, everyone ^cqwhom the Lord our God calls to himself.”