Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁹ How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to Thy word.

¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought Thee; O let me not wander from Thy commandments!

¹¹ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.

¹² Blessed art Thou, O Lord; teach me Thy statutes.

¹³ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of Thy mouth.

¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

¹⁵ I will meditate on Thy precepts and attend unto Thy ways.

¹⁶ I will delight myself in Thy statutes; I will not forget Thy word.

²¹ “When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee, and it would be sin in thee.

²² But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

²³ That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform, even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

²⁴ “When thou comest into thy neighbor’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes to thy fill at thine own pleasure, but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.

²⁵ When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand, but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor’s standing corn.

24 “When a man hath taken a wife and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes because he hath found some uncleanness in her, then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

² And when she has departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.

³ And if the latter husband hate her and write her a bill of divorcement, and putteth it in her hand and sendeth her out of his house, or if the latter husband die who took her to be his wife,

⁴ her former husband who sent her away may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord, and thou shalt not cause the land to sin which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

¹⁰ “When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

¹¹ Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

¹² And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge.

¹³ In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.

¹⁴ “Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren or of thy strangers who are in thy land within thy gates.

¹⁵ At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor and setteth his heart upon it, lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.

2 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

² For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

³ and ye have respect for him that weareth the grand clothing and say unto him, “Sit thou here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “Stand thou there,” or, “Sit here under my footstool,”

⁴ are ye not then partial in yourselves and have become judges with evil thoughts?

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which He hath promised to those who love Him?

⁶ But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and drag you before the judgment seats?

⁷ Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by which ye are called?

⁸ If ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” ye do well.

⁹ But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

¹⁰ For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on one point, he is guilty of all.

¹¹ For He that said, “Do not commit adultery,” said also, “Do not kill.” Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

¹² So speak ye, and so do, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.

¹³ For he shall have judgment without mercy, who hath shown no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.