Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to rest in green pasture and leads me by the still waters.
3 He restores my soul and leads me in the paths of righteousness, for His Name’s sake.
4 Indeed, though I should walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the sight of my adversaries. You anoint my head with oil; and my cup runs over.
6 Doubtless, kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I shall remain in the House of the LORD forever. A Psalm of David.
28 Then, he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his way to Goshen. And they came into the land of Goshen.
29 Then, Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet Israel, his father. And he presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept upon his neck for a long time.
30 And Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, and that you are still alive.”
31 Then, Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s house, “I will go up and show Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘My brothers and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, have come to me!
32 ‘And the men are shepherds, but their occupation has been to feed livestock. So, they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they have.’
33 “And if Pharaoh calls on you, and asks you, ‘What is your trade?’
34 you shall say, ‘Your servants are men occupied with livestock, from our childhood even to this time (both we and our fathers),’ so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen. For every sheepherder is an abomination to the Egyptians!”
47 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers and their sheep and their cattle, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
2 And Joseph took some of his brothers (five men) and presented them to Pharaoh.
3 Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your trade?” And they answered Pharaoh, “Your servants are sheepherders, both we and our fathers.”
4 Moreover, they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land. For your servants have no pasture for sheep, so sore is the famine in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5 Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 “The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best place of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are men of activity among them, make them rulers over my cattle.”
4 And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the Captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
2 annoyed that they taught the people and preached the resurrection from the dead in Jesus’ Name.
3 And they laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day. For it was now evening.
4 However, many of those who heard the Word, believed. And the number of the men was about five thousand.
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