Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁵ Thus says the LORD: “Concerning the prophets who deceive My people, and bite them with their teeth, and cry, ‘Peace!’ But if a man puts nothing into their mouths, they prepare war against him.

⁶ “Therefore, night shall be to you for a vision, and darkness to you for a divination. And the Sun shall go down over the prophets. And the day shall be dark over them.

⁷ “Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the soothsayers confounded. Yea, they shall all cover their lips, for they have no answer from God.”

⁸ Yet indeed I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of strength, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

⁹ Please hear this, you heads of the House of Jacob, and princes of the House of Israel. They abhor judgment and pervert all that is right.

¹⁰ They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

¹¹ Their heads judge for rewards, and their priests teach for hire, and their prophets prophesy for money. Yet they will lean upon the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD among us? No evil can come upon us.”

¹² Therefore, for your sake, shall Zion be plowed as a field. And Jerusalem shall be a heap and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

43 Judge me, O God, and defend my cause against the unmerciful people. Deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man.

² For You are the God of my strength. Why have You put me away? Why do I go so mourning when the enemy oppressed me?

³ Send Your light and Your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your Holy Mountain, and to Your Tabernacles.

⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God, even to the God of my joy and gladness. And upon the harp will I give thanks to You, O God, my God.

⁵ Why are You cast down, my soul? And why are You disquieted within me? Wait on God; for I will still give Him thanks, my present help and my God. To him who excels: A Psalm to give instruction, committed to the sons of Korah.

⁹ For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail. For we labored day and night (so that we would not be a burden to any of you) and preached to you the Gospel of God.

¹⁰ You and God are witnesses of how holily, and justly, and unblameably we behaved among you who believe.

¹¹ As you know how we exhorted and comforted and testified to every one of you (as a father to his children).

¹² So that you would walk worthy of God, Who has called you to His kingdom, and Glory.

¹³ For this reason also, we thank God unceasingly that when you received the Word of God (which you heard from us) you did not receive it as the word of man, but as it really is - the Word of God - which also works in you who believe.

23 Then Jesus spoke to the multitude, and to His disciples,

² saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

³ “Therefore, all of whatever they ask you to observe, observe and do. But do not imitate their deeds, for they do not do as they say.

⁴ “For they bind heavy burdens, and hard to bear, and lay them on man’s shoulders. But they themselves will not lift a finger to move them.

⁵ “They do all their works to be seen by man. For they make their phylacteries broad, and the fringes of their garments long.

⁶ “And they love the chief place at feasts, and to have the chief seats in the assemblies;

⁷ “and greetings in the markets, and to be called by man, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’

⁸ “But do not be called, ‘Rabbi’. For One is your Master - Christ, and all of you are brothers.

⁹ “And call no man your father upon the Earth. For there is but One, your Father Who is in Heaven.

¹⁰ “Do not be called ‘Masters’. For One is your Master - Christ.

¹¹ “But the one who is greatest among you, let him be your servant.

¹² “For whoever will exalt himself shall be brought low. And whoever will humble himself shall be exalted.