Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

23 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture,” says the LORD.

² “Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel to the shepherds who feed My people: You have scattered My flock, and thrust them out, and have not visited them. Behold, I will reckon with you for the wickedness of your works,” says the LORD.

³ “And I will gather the remnant of My sheep out of all countries where I had driven them and will bring them again to their folds. And they shall grow and increase.

⁴ “And I will set up shepherds over them who shall feed them. And they shall dread no more nor be afraid, nor shall any of them be lacking,” says the LORD.

⁵ “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch. And a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice on the Earth.

⁶ “In His days, Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is the Name by which they shall call Him: The Lord Our Righteousness.

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.

¹¹ Therefore, remember that you, being formerly Gentiles in the flesh (the ones called “uncircumcision” by those called “circumcision” in the flesh, made with hands),

¹² that you were, at that time, without Christ; and were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; and were strangers to the covenants of the promise; and had no hope; and were without God in the world.

¹³ But now, in Christ Jesus, you who were once far off, are made near by the blood of Christ.

¹⁴ For He is our peace. He has made of both, one, and has broken the barrier of hostility;

¹⁵ having annulled (through His flesh) the Law of Commandments contained in Ordinances, in order to make (in Himself) one new man from the two. And so, make peace,

¹⁶ so that He might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, and thereby slay hostility.

¹⁷ And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near.

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

¹⁹ Now therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

²⁰ having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the Chief Cornerstone.

²¹ In Him, all the building, fitted together, grows into a holy Temple in the Lord.

²² In Him, you also are being built together, to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.

³⁰ And the Apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

³¹ And He said to them, “Come away into the wilderness, and rest a while.” For there were many comers and goers, that they had not had a chance to eat.

³² So they went by ship out of the way into a desert place.

³³ But the people saw them when they departed and many knew Him and ran after them, out of all cities, and got to the desert place before them.

³⁴ Then Jesus went out and saw a great multitude and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep which had no shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

⁵³ And they came over and went into the land of Gennesaret, and arrived.

⁵⁴ So when they had come out of the ship, immediately everyone knew it,

⁵⁵ and ran around throughout all that region, carrying all who were sick to Him in couches, wherever they heard that He was.

⁵⁶ And wherever He entered into towns or cities or villages, they laid their sick in the streets and asked Him if they might at least touch the edge of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made whole.