Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

18 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

² And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground

³ and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.

⁴ Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree;

⁵ and I will fetch a morsel of bread and comfort ye your hearts. After that ye shall pass on, for therefor are ye come to your servant.” And they said, “So do, as thou hast said.”

⁶ And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.”

⁷ And Abraham ran unto the herd and fetched a calf, tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hastened to dress it.

⁸ And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

⁹ And they said unto him, “Where is Sarah thy wife?” And he said, “Behold, in the tent.”

¹⁰ And he said, “I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.” And Sarah heard it from the tent door, which was behind him.

15 Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill?

² He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart;

³ he that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor spreadeth a reproach against his neighbor;

⁴ in whose eyes a vile person is contemned, but he honoreth them that fear the Lord; he that taketh an oath to his own hurt, and changeth not;

⁵ he that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.

¹⁶ For by Him were all things created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him.

¹⁷ And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.

¹⁸ And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He might have the preeminence.

¹⁹ For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell,

²⁰ and having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself — by Him, I say, whether they be things on earth or things in heaven.

²¹ And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, even now hath He reconciled

²² in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in His sight,

²³ if ye continue grounded and settled in the faith, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye have heard and which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am made a minister.

²⁴ I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for His body’s sake, which is the church,

²⁵ of which I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given to me for you, to fulfill the Word of God—

²⁶ even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints.

²⁷ To them God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

²⁸ Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

³⁸ Now it came to pass, as they went, that He entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house.

³⁹ And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His Word.

⁴⁰ But Martha was encumbered with much serving, and came to Him and said, “Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me.”

⁴¹ And Jesus answered and said unto her, “Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things.

⁴² But one thing is needful, and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”