Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

A Psalm of praise.

¹ ¶ Make a joyful noise unto the LORD all the earth.

² Serve the LORD with gladness; come before his presence with joy.

³ Know ye that the LORD he is God; it is he that has made us and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him and bless his name.

⁵ For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.

²⁸ And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt,

²⁹ that the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD; speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

³⁰ And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

7 ¶ The LORD said unto Moses, See, I have constituted thee as god unto Pharaoh; and Aaron, thy brother, shall be thy prophet.

² Thou shalt speak all that I shall command thee; and Aaron, thy brother, shall speak unto Pharaoh that he send the sons of Israel out of his land.

³ And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

⁴ And Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, but I shall lay my hand upon Egypt and bring forth my hosts, and my people, the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

⁵ And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from among them.

⁶ And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.

⁷ And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke unto Pharaoh.

⁸ ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

⁹ If Pharaoh shall answer you, saying, Show a miracle, then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it before Pharaoh, that it shall become a dragon.

¹⁰ So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his slaves, and it became a dragon.

¹¹ Then Pharaoh also called wise men and sorcerers; now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their fire worship.

¹² For each one cast down his rod, and they became dragons; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

¹³ And Pharaoh’s heart became hard, that he hearkened not unto them as the LORD had said.

7 ¶ Then came together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

² who upon seeing some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is to say, with unwashed, hands, they condemned them.

³ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

⁴ And when they come from the market, unless they wash, they eat not. And there are many other things which they took upon themselves to hold such as the washing of cups and pots, brasen vessels and of tables.)

⁵ Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders but eat bread with unwashed hands?

⁶ He answered and said unto them, Well has Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

⁷ Howbeit in vain do they honor me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

⁸ For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men as the washing of pots and cups, and many other such like things ye do.

⁹ And he also said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

¹⁰ For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Whosoever curses father or mother shall most definitely die.

¹¹ But ye say, It is enough if a man shall say to his father or mother, It is all Corban, (that is to say, my gift to God) whatever with which thou mightest be profited by me.

¹² And ye suffer him to do no more for his father or for his mother,

¹³ invalidating the word of God with your tradition, which ye have given; and many such like things do ye.