Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
25 To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
2 My God, I trust in You. Let me not be confounded. Do not let my enemies rejoice over me.
3 So all who hope in You shall not be ashamed. Let those who transgress without cause be confounded.
4 Show me Your ways, O LORD, and teach me Your paths.
5 Lead me forth in Your truth and teach me. For You are the God of my salvation. In You do I trust, all the day.
6 Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies, and Your lovingkindness. For they have been forever.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions. But according to Your kindness remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.
8 Gracious and righteous are the LORD. Therefore, He will teach sinners in the way.
9 Those who are meek, He will guide in judgment and teach the humble His way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph. And they quickly brought him out of prison; and he shaved him and changed his clothing and came to Pharaoh.
15 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream; and no man can interpret it. And I have heard tell of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “God shall answer for the wealth of Pharaoh without me.”
17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood by the bank of the river.
18 “And lo, there came up out of the river seven fat-fleshed, and good-looking cows. And they fed in the meadow.
19 “Also, lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very sickly cows, and lean-fleshed. I never saw such sickliness in all the land of Egypt.
20 “And the lean and the sickly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
21 “And after they had eaten them up, one could not tell that they had eaten them, because they were still as sickly as they were at the beginning. So, I awoke.
22 “Moreover, I saw in my dream; and behold, seven ears sprang out of one stalk, full and fair.
23 “And lo, seven withered ears, thin, blasted with the east wind, sprang up after them.
24 “And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. Now, I have told the soothsayers and none of them can interpret it for me.”
25 Then, Joseph answered Pharaoh, “Both Pharaoh’s dreams are one. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 “The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years. This is one dream.
27 “Likewise, the seven thin and sickly cows that came out after them, are seven years. And the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind are seven years of famine.
28 “This is the thing which I have said to Pharaoh: that God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
29 “Behold, there comes seven years of great plenty in all the land of Egypt.
30 “Then, there shall arise after them seven years of famine, so that all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land.
31 “Nor shall the plenty be remembered in the land, because of this famine that shall come after; for it shall be exceedingly great.
32 “And therefore, the dream was doubled to Pharaoh a second time, because the thing is established by God; and God hurries to perform it.
33 “Now, therefore, let Pharaoh provide for a man of understanding and wisdom, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 “Let Pharaoh make and appoint officers over the land, and collect a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 “Also, let them gather all the food of these good years that come and store corn for food in the cities, under the hand of Pharaoh; and let them keep it.
36 “So, the food shall be for the provision of the land, against the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, so that the land does not perish by famine.”
14 What profit is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but has no works? Can faith save him?
15 For if a brother or a sister is naked and without daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace. Warm yourselves and fill your bellies”, what help is it if you don’t give them those things which the body needs?
17 Even so, faith - if it has no works - is dead by itself.
18 But someone might say, “You have faith, and I have works”. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe it, and tremble.
20 But will you understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not our father Abraham justified through works when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
22 Do you not see that faith worked with his works? And through works was faith made perfect?
23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness”. And he was called the friend of God.
24 You see then how a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified through works when she had received the messengers and sent them out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.
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