Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

To the Overcomer upon Neginah, A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

² From the end of the earth I will cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

³ For thou hast been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the enemy.

⁴ I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

⁵ ¶ For thou, O God, hast heard my vows; thou hast given an inheritance to those that fear thy name.

⁶ Thou wilt add days upon days unto the king’s life; his years shall be from generation to generation.

⁷ He shall abide before God for ever; He is aware of mercy and truth which preserve him.

⁸ So I will sing thy name for ever, performing my vows each day.

15 ¶ In the year twenty-seven of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign.

² He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

³ And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

⁴ But with all this, the high places were not removed; the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

⁵ And the LORD smote the king so that he was a leper unto the day of his death and dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham, the king’s son, was over the house, judging the people of the land.

⁶ And the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

⁷ So Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham, his son, reigned in his stead.

⁵ ¶ These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans,

⁶ but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷ And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has come.

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons; freely ye have received, freely give.

⁹ Provide neither gold nor silver nor money in your girdles,

¹⁰ nor bag for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes nor a staff, for the workman is worthy of his food.

¹¹ And into whatever city or town ye shall enter, search out with diligence who in it is worthy; and there abide until ye go from there.

¹² And entering into the house, salute it.

¹³ And if the house is worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it is not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

¹⁴ And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words, depart out of that house or city and shake off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵ Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of those of Sodom and those of Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.