Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁸ Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, ⁹ “Arise, go to ^(A)Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and remain there; behold, ^(B)I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.” ¹⁰ So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and ^(C)he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a ^[a]jar, that I may drink.” ¹¹ So she went to get it, and he called to her and said, “Please get me a piece of bread in your hand.” ¹² But she said, “^(D)As Yahweh your God lives, ^(E)I have no ^[b]bread, only a handful of flour in the ^[c]bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering ^[d]a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and ^(F)die.” ¹³ Then Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from ^[e]it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. ¹⁴ For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘The ^[f]bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil ^[g]be empty, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the face of the earth.’” ¹⁵ So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days. ¹⁶ The ^[h]bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil ^[i]become empty, according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke by the hand of Elijah.

I Will Praise Yahweh Throughout My Life

²⁴ For Christ ^(A)did not enter holy places made with hands, mere copies of ^(B)the true ones, but into ^(C)heaven itself, now ^(D)to appear in the presence of God for us; ²⁵ nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as ^(E)the high priest enters ^(F)the holy places ^(G)year by year with blood that is not his own. ²⁶ Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since ^(H)the foundation of the world; but now ^(I)once at ^(J)the consummation of the ages He has been ^(K)manifested to put away sin ^[a](L)by the sacrifice of Himself. ²⁷ And inasmuch as ^(M)it is ^[b]appointed for men to die once and after this ^(N)comes judgment, ²⁸ so Christ also, having been ^(O)offered once to ^(P)bear the sins of many, will appear ^(Q)a second time for ^(R)salvation ^(S)without reference to sin, to those who ^(T)eagerly await Him.

^38 (A)And in His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who want to walk around in long robes, and want ^(B)respectful greetings in the marketplaces, ³⁹ and best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, ^40 (C)who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”

The Widow’s Offering

^41 (D)And He sat down opposite ^(E)the treasury, and began observing how the crowd was ^(F)putting ^[a]money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums. ⁴² And a poor widow came and put in two ^[b]lepta, which amount to a ^[c]quadrans. ⁴³ And calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all those putting money into the treasury; ⁴⁴ for they all put in out of their ^[d]surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, ^[e]all she had ^(G)to live on.”