Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Caph
11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.
Lamed
12 Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Mem
13 His soul shall rest in that which is good; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Nun
14 The secret of the LORD is for those that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Samech
15 ¶ Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Ain
16 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
Tzaddi
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Resh
18 Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins.
Resh
19 Consider my enemies, for they are multiplied; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Schin
20 O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.
13 ¶ I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, which is important unto me:
14 There was a little city and few men within it; and a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it;
15 now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no one remembered that same poor man.
16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength: even though the poor man’s knowledge is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory,
32 and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats,
33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee? or thirsty and give thee drink?
38 When did we see thee a stranger and take thee in? or naked and clothe thee?
39 Or when did we see thee sick or in prison and come unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then he shall also say unto those who shall be on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels;
42 for I was hungry, and ye gave me no food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then they shall also answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then he shall answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of my brothers, ye did it not to me.
46 And they shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
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