Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁴⁶ And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,

⁴⁷ and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.

⁴⁸ For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

⁴⁹ For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy [is] his name;

⁵⁰ and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.

⁵¹ He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.

⁵² He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.

⁵³ He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

⁵⁴ He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,

⁵⁵ (as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

2 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exulteth in Jehovah, my horn is lifted up in Jehovah; my mouth is opened wide over mine enemies; for I rejoice in thy salvation.

² There is none holy as Jehovah, for there is none beside thee, neither is there any rock like our God.

³ Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

⁴ The bow of the mighty is broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

⁵ They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are [so] no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

⁶ Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

⁷ Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:

⁸ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set [him] among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.

⁹ He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

¹⁰ They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; in the heavens will he thunder upon them. Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

11 And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends two of his disciples,

² and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no [child] of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it [here].

³ And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither.

⁴ And they departed, and found a colt bound to the door without at the crossway, and they loose him.

⁵ And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, loosing the colt?

⁶ And they said to them as Jesus had commanded. And they let them [do it].

⁷ And they led the colt to Jesus, and cast their clothes upon it, and he sat on it;

⁸ and many strewed their clothes on the way, and others cut down branches from the trees [and went on strewing them on the way].

⁹ And those going on before and those following cried out, Hosanna! blessed [be] he that comes in [the] Lord's name.

¹⁰ Blessed [be] the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest!

¹¹ And he entered into Jerusalem and into the temple; and having looked round on all things, the hour being already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.