Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁷ The Lord fulfill all thy petitions: now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed. He will hear him from his holy heaven: the salvation of his right hand is in powers.

⁸ Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

⁹ They are bound, and have fallen; but we are risen, and are set upright. O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee.

27 And Moses with the ancients of Israel commanded the people, saying: Keep every commandment that I command you this day.

² And when you are passed over the Jordan into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, thou shalt set up great stones, and shalt plaster them over with plaster,

³ That thou mayst write on them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over the Jordan: that thou mayst enter into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as he swore to thy fathers.

⁴ Therefore when you are passed over the Jordan, set up the stones which I command you this day, in mount Hebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster:

⁵ And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord thy God, of stones which iron hath not touched,

⁶ And of stones not fashioned nor polished: and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy God:

⁷ And shalt immolate peace victims, and eat there, and feast before the Lord thy God.

⁸ And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly,

⁹ And Moses and the priests of the race of Levi said to all Israel: Attend, and hear, O Israel: This day thou art made the people of the Lord thy God.

¹⁰ Thou shalt hear his voice, and do the commandments and justices which I command thee.

¹³ You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.

¹⁴ You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

¹⁵ Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.

¹⁶ So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

¹⁷ Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

¹⁸ For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

¹⁹ He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰ For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.