Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

56 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness: for my saving health is near to come, and my righteousness to be manifested.

⁶ Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and that love the name of the LORD, to be his slaves, every one that keeps from polluting the sabbath, and takes hold of my covenant;

⁷ even them will I bring to the mountain of my holiness, and refresh them in the house of my prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called, House of prayer for all peoples.

⁸ The Lord GOD who gathers the outcasts of Israel says, I will still gather upon him his gathered ones.

To the Overcomer on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song.

¹ ¶ God be merciful unto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us. Selah.

² That thy way may be known upon the earth, thy saving health among all the Gentiles.

³ Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee.

⁴ O let the Gentiles be glad and sing for joy, for thou shalt judge the people righteously and shepherd the Gentiles upon the earth. Selah.

⁵ Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee.

⁶ Then shall the earth bring forth her fruit, and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

⁷ God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

11 ¶ I say then, Has God cast away his people? No, in no wise. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

² God has not cast away his people whom he knew beforehand. Know ye not what the scripture says of Elijah? how speaking to God against Israel, he said,

²⁹ For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

³⁰ For as ye in time past have not obeyed God, yet have now obtained mercy through the occasion of their disobedience,

³¹ likewise these also have not believed now that through the mercy shown unto you they also may obtain mercy.

³² For God enclosed everyone in disobedience, that he might have mercy upon everyone.

¹⁰ ¶ And calling the multitude unto him, he said unto them, Hear and understand:

¹¹ not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

¹² Then his disciples came and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this word?

¹³ But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

¹⁵ Then Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

¹⁷ Do not ye yet understand that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly and is cast out into the draught?

¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man.

¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

²⁰ these are the things which defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.

²¹ ¶ Then Jesus left there and departed into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

²² And, behold, a woman of Canaan having come out of the same borders cried unto him, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me; my daughter is sick, possessed by a demon.

²³ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she cries out after us.

²⁴ But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

²⁵ Then she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

²⁶ But he answered and said, It is not good to take the children’s bread and to cast it to the little dogs.

²⁷ And she said, Yes, Lord, yet the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

²⁸ Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou desire. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.