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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
Duration: 1245 days
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Psalm 78:23-29

23 Yet he commanded the skies above
    and the doors of the heavens to open,
24 so that manna rained down on them for food
    and he sent them the grain of heaven.
25 Mortal men[a] ate the food of angels;
    he sent provision to them in abundance.

26 He stirred up the east wind in the heavens
    and drove the south wind by his might.
27 He caused meat to rain on them like dust
    and winged birds as the sand of the sea.
28 He caused these to fall in the middle of the camp
    and all around their tents.
29 So they ate and were very satisfied,
    because he granted their desire.

Exodus 13:3-10

The Festival of Unleavened Bread

Then Moses told the people, “Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, from the house of bondage, because the Lord brought you out from this place with a strong show of force.[a] Moreover, nothing leavened is to be eaten. Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. When the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your ancestors to give you—a land flowing with milk and honey—you are to observe this ritual in this month. You are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the Lord. Unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days, and nothing leavened is to be seen among you, nor is leaven to be seen among you throughout your territory. And you are to tell your child on that day, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ It is to be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead,[b] so that you may speak about the instruction[c] of the Lord; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong show of force.[d] 10 You are to keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.”

Matthew 16:5-12

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees(A)

When his disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to take any bread along. Jesus told them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!

As they began to discuss this among themselves, they kept saying, “We didn’t bring along any bread.”

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, “You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don’t have any bread? Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected, 10 or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many baskets you collected? 11 How can you fail to understand that I wasn’t talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

12 Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the yeast used in bread,[a] but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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