Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Of David.

^53 (A)“I will restore their fortunes, both the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and I will restore your own fortunes in their midst, ⁵⁴ that you may bear your disgrace ^(B)and be ashamed of all that you have done, ^(C)becoming a consolation to them. ⁵⁵ As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, ^(D)and Samaria and her daughters shall return ^(E)to their former state, ^(F)and you and your daughters shall return ^(G)to your former state. ⁵⁶ Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth ^(H)in the day of your pride, ⁵⁷ before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become ^(I)an object of reproach for the daughters of Syria^[a] and all those around her, and for ^(J)the daughters of the Philistines, ^(K)those all around who despise you. ^58 (L)You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the Lord.

The Lord's Everlasting Covenant

⁵⁹ “For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you ^(M)who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, ⁶⁰ yet ^(N)I will remember my covenant with you ^(O)in the days of your youth, ^(P)and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. ^61 (Q)Then you will remember your ways ^(R)and be ashamed when you take ^(S)your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you ^(T)as daughters, but not on account of^[b] the covenant with you. ⁶² I will establish my covenant with you, ^(U)and you shall know that I am the Lord, ⁶³ that you may remember and be confounded, and ^(V)never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.”

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]^[a]

The Woman Caught in Adultery

⁵³ [[They went each to his own house, 8 ¹ but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ^2 (A)Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and ^(B)he sat down and taught them. ³ The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst ⁴ they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. ⁵ Now ^(C)in the Law Moses commanded us ^(D)to stone such women. So what do you say?” ⁶ This they said ^(E)to test him, ^(F)that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. ⁷ And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, ^(G)“Let him who is without sin among you ^(H)be the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸ And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. ¹⁰ Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” ¹¹ She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, ^(I)“Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on ^(J)sin no more.”]]