Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
10 [a] The rain and snow fall from the sky
and do not return,
but instead water the earth
and make it produce and yield crops,
and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.
11 In the same way, the promise that I make
does not return to me, having accomplished nothing.[b]
No, it is realized as I desire
and is fulfilled as I intend.”[c]
12 Indeed you will go out with joy;
you will be led along in peace;
the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you,
and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.
13 Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes,
firs will grow in place of nettles;
they will be a monument to the Lord,[d]
a permanent reminder that will remain.[e]
Psalm 92[a]
A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day.
92 It is fitting[b] to thank the Lord,
and to sing praises to your name, O Most High.[c]
2 It is fitting[d] to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,
and your faithfulness during the night,
3 to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre,
to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.
4 For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work.
I will sing for joy because of what you have done.[e]
12 The godly[a] grow like a palm tree;
they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.[b]
13 Planted in the Lord’s house,
they grow in the courts of our God.
14 They bear fruit even when they are old;
they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.[c]
15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my Protector,
is just and never unfair.[d]
51 Listen,[a] I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep,[b] but we will all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the blinking[c] of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen,
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[d]
55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”[e]
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 58 So then, dear brothers and sisters,[f] be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
39 He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he?[a] Won’t they both fall[b] into a pit? 40 A disciple[c] is not greater than[d] his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher. 41 Why[e] do you see the speck[f] in your brother’s eye, but fail to see[g] the beam of wood[h] in your own? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
43 “For[i] no good tree bears bad[j] fruit, nor again[k] does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44 for each tree is known[l] by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered[m] from thorns, nor are grapes picked[n] from brambles.[o] 45 The good person out of the good treasury of his[p] heart[q] produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury[r] produces evil, for his mouth speaks[s] from what fills[t] his heart.
46 “Why[u] do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’[v] and don’t do what I tell you?[w]
47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice[x]—I will show you what he is like: 48 He is like a man[y] building a house, who dug down deep,[z] and laid the foundation on bedrock. When[aa] a flood came, the river[ab] burst against that house but[ac] could not shake it, because it had been well built.[ad] 49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice[ae] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When[af] the river burst against that house,[ag] it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”[ah]
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