Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

A Call to Worship the Lord the Righteous Judge.

³¹ “^(A)If a person sins against his neighbor and is compelled to take an oath of innocence, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, ³² then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, ^(B)condemning the wicked by ^[a]bringing his way on his own head, and acquitting the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.

³³ “^(C)When Your people Israel are ^[b]defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, ^(D)if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and implore Your ^[c]favor in this house, ³⁴ then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave their fathers.

³⁵ “^(E)When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and praise Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them, ³⁶ then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel; ^(F)indeed, teach them the good way in which they are to walk. And ^(G)provide rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

³⁷ “^(H)If there is a famine in the land, if there is a plague, if there is ^[d]blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy harasses them in the land of their ^[e]cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, ³⁸ whatever prayer or plea ^[f]is offered by any person or by all Your people Israel, ^[g]each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his ^[h]hands toward this house; ³⁹ then hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive and act, and give to each in accordance with all his ways, ^(I)whose heart You know—for ^(J)You alone know the hearts of all ^[i]mankind— ⁴⁰ so that they will ^[j]fear You all the days that they live on the ^[k]land which You have given to our fathers.

³¹ And ^(A)He came down to ^(B)Capernaum, a city of Galilee; and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; ³² and ^(C)they were amazed at His teaching, because ^(D)His ^[a]message was delivered with authority. ³³ In the synagogue there was a man ^[b]possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴ “Leave us alone! ^[c](E)What business do You have with us, Jesus ^[d]of ^(F)Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—^(G)the Holy One of God!” ³⁵ But Jesus ^(H)rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, it came out of him without doing him any harm. ³⁶ And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another, saying, “What is ^[e]this message? For ^(I)with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” ³⁷ And ^(J)the news about Him was spreading into every locality of the surrounding region.