Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

23 ¶ Woe be unto the pastors that waste and scatter the sheep of my pasture! said the LORD.

² Therefore thus hath the LORD God of Israel said unto the pastors that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not visited them; behold, I visit upon you the evil of your doings, said the LORD.

³ And I will gather the remnant of my sheep out of all the lands where I have driven them and will cause them to return to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

⁴ And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them; and they shall fear no more nor be dismayed neither shall they be lacking, said the LORD.

⁵ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

⁶ In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this shall be his name by which they shall call him, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

² He makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters.

³ He restores my soul: he leads me in the 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 shall comfort me.

⁵ Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup is running over.

⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will rest in the house of the LORD for ever.

¹¹ ¶ Therefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who were called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh, which is made by hands,

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

¹³ but now in Christ Jesus ye who at another time were far off are made near by the blood of the Christ.

¹⁴ ¶ For he is our peace, who of both has made one, breaking down the middle wall of separation,

¹⁵ abolishing in his flesh the enmity, which was the law of commandments in the order of rites, to edify in himself the two in one new man, making peace,

¹⁶ and to reconcile both with God by the cross {Gr. stauros – stake} in one body, having slain the enmity thereby;

¹⁷ and he came and preached peace unto you who were afar off and to those that were near.

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

¹⁹ Now therefore ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God,

²⁰ and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,

²¹ in whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the Lord,

²² in whom ye also are being built together for the habitation of God in the Spirit.

³⁰ ¶ And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told him everything they had done and what they had taught.

³¹ And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while; for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

³² And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

³³ And many saw them departing and knew him and ran there afoot out of the cities and arrived before them and came together unto him.

³⁴ And Jesus, when he came out, saw a great multitude and had mercy on them because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

⁵³ And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret and drew to the shore.

⁵⁴ And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him

⁵⁵ and ran through that whole region round about and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

⁵⁶ And wherever he entered, into villages or cities or fields, they laid the sick in the streets and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment, and as many as touched him were saved.