Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

23 Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

² Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

³ And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their pastures; and they shall be fruitful and shall multiply.

⁴ And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, saith Jehovah.

⁵ Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

⁶ In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness.

A Psalm of David.

23 Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.

³ He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

⁵ Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

⁶ Surely, goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of the days.

¹¹ Wherefore remember that *ye*, once nations in [the] flesh, who [are] called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in [the] flesh done with the hand;

¹² that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

¹³ but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.

¹⁴ For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,

¹⁵ having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;

¹⁶ and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;

¹⁷ and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.

¹⁸ For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father.

¹⁹ So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

²⁰ being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,

²¹ in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;

²² in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in [the] Spirit.

³⁰ And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus. And they related to him all things, [both] what they had done and what they had taught.

³¹ And he said to them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a little. For those coming and those going were many, and they had not leisure even to eat.

³² And they went away apart into a desert place by ship.

³³ And many saw them going, and recognised them, and ran together there on foot, out of all the cities, and got [there] before them.

³⁴ And on leaving [the ship] [Jesus] saw a great crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

⁵³ And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and made the shore.

⁵⁴ And on their coming out of the ship, immediately recognising him,

⁵⁵ they ran through that whole country around, and began to carry about those that were ill on couches, where they heard that he was.

⁵⁶ And wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch if it were only the hem of his garment; and as many as touched him were healed.