Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.

² But his delight is in the Law of the LORD. And on His Law does he meditate day and night.

³ For he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters, that will bring forth her fruits in due season; whose leaf shall not fade. So, whatever he shall do shall prosper.

⁴ The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind drives away.

⁵ Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶ For the LORD knows the way of the righteous. And the way of the wicked shall perish.

24 The LORD showed me. And behold, two baskets of figs were set before the Temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, had carried away captive Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the workmen, and cunning men of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babel.

² One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first. And the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten, they were so evil.

³ Then said the LORD to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs very good and the bad very bad which cannot be eaten, they are so evil.”

⁴ Again, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying,

⁵ “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so will I know those of Judah who are carried away captive to be good, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans.

⁶ ‘For I will set My Eyes upon them for good. And I will bring them back to this land. And I will build them and not destroy them. And I will plant them and not root them out.

⁷ ‘And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God. For they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

⁸ ‘And as the bad figs which cannot be eaten, they are so evil — surely thus says the LORD — so will I give Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his princes, and the rest of Jerusalem that remains in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

⁹ ‘I will give them as a terrible plague to all the kingdoms of the Earth, for a reproach and for a proverb, for a common talk and for a curse, in all places where I shall cast them.

¹⁰ ‘And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, until they are destroyed in the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’”

16 Concerning the gathering of the Saints: as I have ordained in the Churches of Galatia, so you do also.

² Every first of the week, let every one of you lay up for himself as God has prospered him, so that then there will be no gatherings when I come.

³ And when I come, whomever you shall approve by letters, they will I send to carry your kindness to Jerusalem.

⁴ And if it be suitable that I go also, they shall go with me.

⁵ Now I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia (for I will pass through Macedonia.)

⁶ And it may be that I will stay (yea, or winter) with you, that you may send me on my way, wherever I go.

⁷ For I will not see you now in my passage. But I am expecting to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.

⁸ And I will wait at Ephesus until Pentecost.

⁹ For a great and effective door has opened to me. And there are many adversaries.

¹⁰ Now, if Timothy comes, see that he is without fear with you. For he works the work of the Lord, even as I do.

¹¹ Therefore, let no one despise him. But send him forth in peace, that he may come to me. For I looked for him with the brothers.

¹² Concerning our brother, Apollos, I greatly desired him to come to you with the brothers. But his mind was not at all to come at this time. But he will come when he shall have convenient time.