Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Taste and See That Yahweh Is Good

Of David. When he feigned madness before ^[a]Abimelech, so that he drove him away and he departed.

Aleph

Beth

Gimel

Daleth

He / Vav

Zayin

Heth

Teth

²⁰ Then Saul quickly fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no ^[a]food all day and all night. ²¹ And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified and said to him, “Behold, your servant-woman has listened to your voice, and ^(A)I have ^[b]taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. ²² So now also, please listen to the voice of your servant-woman, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way.” ²³ But he refused and said, “^(B)I will not eat.” ^(C)However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to ^[c]them. So he arose from the ground and sat on ^(D)the bed. ²⁴ And the woman had a ^(E)fattened calf in the house, and she quickly sacrificed it; and she ^(F)took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it. ²⁵ And she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and went away that night.

Bearing the Weaknesses of Others

15 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of ^(A)those without strength and not just please ourselves. ² Each of us is to ^(B)please his neighbor ^[a]for his good, to his ^(C)building up. ³ For even ^(D)Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “^(E)The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” ⁴ For ^(F)whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through the perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. ⁵ Now may the ^(G)God of perseverance and encouragement grant you ^(H)to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, ⁶ so that with one accord you may with one ^[b]voice glorify ^(I)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.