Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
15 1 This Psalm teacheth on what condition God did choose the Jews for his peculiar people; and wherefore he placed his Temple among them, which was to the intent that they by living uprightly and godly, might witness that they were his special and holy people.
A Psalm of David.
1 Lord, who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle? who shall rest in thine holy Mountain?
2 He that [a]walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor receiveth a false report against his neighbor.
4 [b]In whose eyes a vile person is contemned, but he honoreth them that fear the Lord: he that sweareth to his own hindrance and changeth not.
5 He that [c]giveth not his money unto usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent: he that doeth these things, [d]shall never be moved.
14 12 In the overthrow of Sodom Lot is taken prisoner. 16 Abram delivereth him. 18 Melchizedek cometh to meet him. 23 Abram would not be enriched by the king of Sodom.
1 And in the days of Amraphel king of [a]Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of the [b]nations:
2 These men made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3 All these [c]joined together in the valley of [d]Siddim, which is the [e]salt Sea.
4 Twelve years were they subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the [f]Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in [g]Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto the plain of El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
7 And they returned and came to En Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and [h]smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon Tamar.
8 Then went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar: and they joined battle with them in the valley of Siddim,
9 To wit, with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar: four kings against five.
10 Now the [i]valley of Siddim was full of slime pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and [j]fell there: and the residue fled to the mountain.
11 And they took all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their vittles and went their way.
12 They [k]took Lot also Abram’s brother’s son and his substance (for he dwelt at Sodom) and departed.
13 ¶ Then came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, which dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, which were [l]confederate with Abram.
14 When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he [m]brought forth of them that were born and brought up in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15 Then he and his servants divided themselves against them by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left side of [n]Damascus,
16 And he recovered all the substance, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also and the people.
4 (A)[a]Now when much people were gathered together, and were come unto him out of all cities, he spake by a parable.
5 A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden under feet, and the fowls of heaven devoured it up.
6 And some fell on the stones, and when it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moistness.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8 And some fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit, an hundredfold. And as he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
9 Then his disciples asked him, demanding what parable that was.
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the [b]secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables, that when (B)they see, they should not see, and when they hear, they should not understand.
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