Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

A Psalm of praise.

¹ ¶ Make a joyful noise unto the LORD all the earth.

² Serve the LORD with gladness; come before his presence with joy.

³ Know ye that the LORD he is God; it is he that has made us and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him and bless his name.

⁵ For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.

5 ¶ Then all the tribes of Israel came unto David in Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

² And even yesterday and the day before yesterday, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.

³ So all the elders of Israel came to the king in Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel.

⁴ David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

⁵ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

⁶ ¶ Then the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, who dwelt in the land, who spoke unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in here, thinking, David cannot come in here.

⁷ Nevertheless, David took the fortress of Zion; the same is the city of David.

⁸ And David said on that day, Who shall go up the waterspout and smite the Jebusites and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul? Therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

⁹ So David dwelt in the fortress and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

¹⁰ And David went on and grew great, and the LORD God of the hosts was with him.

¹¹ ¶ And Hiram, king of Tyre, also sent messengers to David, and cedar trees and carpenters and masons, and they built David a house.

¹² And David understood that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

15 ¶ Then all the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.

² And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.

³ And he spoke this parable unto them, saying,

⁴ What man of you having a hundred sheep if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it?

⁵ And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁶ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

⁷ I say unto you that likewise there shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety-nine just persons, who need no repentance.