Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
121 1 This Psalm teacheth that the faithful ought only to look for help at God, 7 who only doth maintain, preserve and prosper his Church.
A song of degrees.
1 I will lift up mine eyes [a]unto the mountains, from whence my help shall come.
2 Mine help cometh from the Lord, which hath made the [b]heaven and the earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to slip: for he that keepeth thee, will not [c]slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel, will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shadow at thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not [d]smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall keep thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy [e]going out, and thy coming in from henceforth and forever.
43 Then Laban answered, and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these sons are my sons, and these sheep are my sheep, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or to their sons which they have borne?
44 Now therefore [a]come let us make a covenant, I and thou, which may be a witness between me and thee.
45 Then took Jacob a stone, and set it up as a pillar:
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones: who brought stones, and made a heap, and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it [b]Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it [c]Galeed.
48 For Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.
49 Also he called it [d]Mizpah, because he said, The Lord [e]look between me and he, when we shall be [f]departed one from another.
50 If thou shalt vex my daughters, or shalt take [g]wives beside my daughters: there is no man with us, behold, God is witness between me and thee.
51 Moreover Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set between me and thee.
52 This heap shall be witness, and the pillar shall be witness, that I will not come over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me for evil.
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of [h]Nahor, and the God of their father be judge between us: but Jacob sware by the [i]fear of his father Isaac.
54 Then Jacob did offer a sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat [j]bread, and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his sons, and his daughters, and [k]blessed them, and Laban departing, went unto his place again.
32 1 God comforteth Jacob by his Angels. 9, 10 He prayeth unto God confessing his unworthiness. 13 He sendeth presents unto Esau. 24, 28 He wrestled with the Angel who nameth him Israel.
1 Now Jacob went forth on his journey, and (A)the Angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, [l]This is God’s host: and he called the name of the same place [m]Mahanaim.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, and [a]protest before the Lord, that they strive not about words, which is to no profit, but to the perverting of the hearers.
15 [b]Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, dividing the word of truth [c]aright.
16 [d]Stay profane, and vain babblings: [e]for they shall increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word shall fret as a canker: of which sort is Hymenaeus and Philetus.
18 Which as concerning the truth have erred from the mark, saying that the resurrection is past already, and do destroy the faith of certain.
19 [f]But the foundation of God remaineth sure, and hath this seal, The Lord knoweth who are his: and, Let everyone that [g]calleth on the Name of Christ, depart from iniquity.
20 [h]Notwithstanding in a great house are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, (A)and some for honor, and some unto dishonor.
21 If any man therefore [i]purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the Lord, and prepared unto every good work.
22 [j]Flee also from the lusts of youth, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, and [k]peace, with them that (B)call on the Lord with pure heart,
23 (C)And put away foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they engender strife.
24 But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but must be gentle toward all men, apt to teach, [l]suffering the evil,
25 Instructing them with meekness that are [m]contrary minded, proving if God at any time will give them repentance, that they may acknowledge the truth,
26 And come to amendment out of that snare of the devil, of whom they are taken prisoners, to do his will.
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