Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

1 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.

² But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.

³ And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

⁴ Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.

⁵ Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.

⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

² And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: You have seen all the things that the Lord did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land.

³ The great temptations, which thy eyes have seen, those mighty signs and wonders,

⁴ And the Lord hath not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day.

⁵ He hath brought you forty years through the desert: your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age.

⁶ You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God.

⁷ And you came to this place: sand Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out against us to fight. And we slew them.

⁸ And took their land, and delivered it for a possession to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses.

⁹ Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfill them: that you may understand all that you do.

¹⁰ You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel,

¹¹ Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:

¹² That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the Lord thy God maketh with thee.

¹³ That he may raise thee up a people to himself, and he may be thy God as he hath spoken to thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

¹⁴ Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and confirm these oaths,

¹⁵ But with all that are present and that are absent.

¹⁶ For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,

¹⁷ You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.

¹⁸ Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness.

¹⁹ And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty,

²⁰ And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time, and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,

³⁴ Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.

³⁵ For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

³⁶ And a man's enemies shall be they of his own household.

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

³⁸ And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

³⁹ He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.

⁴⁰ He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

⁴¹ He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.

⁴² And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.