Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

92 It is a good thing to praise the LORD, and to sing to Your Name, O Most High,

² to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your truth in the night,

³ upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the viol, with the song upon the harp.

⁴ For You, LORD, have made me glad by Your works; and I will rejoice in the works of Your hands.

¹² The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree and shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³ Such as are planted in the House of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴ They shall still bring forth fruit in their old age. They shall be fat and flourishing,

¹⁵ to declare that the LORD my Rock is righteous and that no iniquity is in Him.

14 The second year of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, reigned Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah.

² He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

³ And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David, his father, but did according to all that Joash, his father, had done.

⁴ Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, as the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

⁵ And when the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, he killed his servants who had killed the king, his father.

⁶ But he did not kill the children of those who killed him, according to that which is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the LORD Commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers. But every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”

⁷ He killed ten thousand Edomites, in the Valley of Salt, and took the city of Sela by war, and called its name “Joktheel” to this day.

⁸ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come. Let us face one another.”

⁹ Then Jehoash, the king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, “Give your daughter to my son as a wife. And the wild beast that was in Lebanon went and trod down the thistle.

¹⁰ “You have struck Edom. Your heart has made you proud, bragging of glory. Wait at home. Why do you provoke hurt, so that you should fall, and Judah with you?”

¹¹ But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash, king of Israel, went up. And he and Amaziah, king of Judah, faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which is in Judah.

¹² And Judah was defeated by Israel. And they fled, every man to his tent.

¹³ But Jehoash, king of Israel, took Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate (four hundred cubits).

¹⁴ And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the House of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the children who were hostages, and returned to Samaria.

4 And He began again to teach by the seaside. And there gathered to Him a great multitude. So that He entered into a ship and sat in the sea. And all the people were by the seaside, on the land.

² And He taught them many things in parables, and said to them in His doctrine,

³ “Hear now. Behold, there went out a sower to sow.

⁴ “And it happened that, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside. And the birds of the heaven came and devoured it up.

⁵ “And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth. And it quickly sprang up, because it had not depth of earth.

⁶ “But as soon as the Sun was up, it was burnt up. And because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷ “And some fell among the thorns. And the thorns grew up and choked it, so that it gave no fruit.

⁸ “Some again fell in good ground, and did yield fruit, that sprang up and grew. And it brought forth - some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.”

⁹ Then He said to them, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁰ And when He was alone, those who were around Him, with the twelve, asked Him of the parable.

¹¹ And He said to them, “To you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God. But to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

¹² “So that those seeing may see, and not discern. And those hearing may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should turn, and their sins should be forgiven them.”

¹³ Again He said to them, “Do you not perceive this parable? How then shall you understand all other parables?

¹⁴ “The sower sows the Word.

¹⁵ “And these are those who receive the seed by the wayside, in whom the Word is sown. But when they have heard it, Satan comes immediately and takes away the Word that was sown in their hearts.

¹⁶ “And likewise, those who receive the seed in stony ground are those who (when they have heard the Word) immediately receive it with gladness.

¹⁷ “Yet they have no root in themselves and endure but a time. For when trouble and persecution arise for the word, they fall away immediately.

¹⁸ “Also those who receive the seed among the thorns, are those who hear the Word,

¹⁹ “but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things enter in and choke the Word. And it is unfruitful.

²⁰ “But those who have received seed in good ground, are those who hear the Word and receive it and bring forth fruit - one corn thirty, another sixty, and some a hundred.”