Certainly ¹  you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; ²  you do not desire a burnt sacrifice. ³ 

The Lord’s deeds are great, eagerly awaited ¹  by all who desire them.

and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things ¹  are a gift from God.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking. ¹ 

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it. ¹ 

“Father, if you are willing, take ¹  this cup ²  away from me. Yet not my will but yours ³  be done.”

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me ¹  and to complete ²  his work. ³ 

For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he ¹  will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.

who commissions ¹  Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd ²  to carry out all my wishes ³  and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’” ⁴ 

to proclaim the year ¹  of the Lord’s favor.” ² 

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, ¹  but you must not take away any in a container. ² 

However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.” ¹ 

Go, eat your food ¹  with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.

I take no delight ¹  when they offer up to me ²  frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’ ³ 

Where do the conflicts and where ¹  do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, ²  from your passions that battle inside you? ³ 

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ¹  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ²  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

“Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?” ¹  says the Lord. “I am stuffed with ²  burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want. ³