Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁶ Do not boast before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men.

⁷ For it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here”, than for you to be lowered in the presence of the Prince whom your eyes have seen.

112 Blessed is the man who fears the LORD and delights greatly in His Commandments.

² His seed shall be mighty upon Earth. The generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

³ Riches and treasures shall be in his house and his righteousness endures forever.

⁴ To the righteous arises light in darkness. He is merciful and full of compassion, and righteous.

⁵ A good man is merciful and lends. He will measure his affairs by judgment.

⁶ Surely, he shall never be moved. The righteous shall be held in everlasting remembrance.

⁷ He will not be afraid of evil tidings. His heart is fixed, believing in the LORD.

⁸ His heart is established. He will not fear, until he sees his desire upon his enemies.

⁹ He has distributed, given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever. His horn shall be exalted with glory.

¹⁰ The wicked shall see it and be angry. He shall gnash with his teeth and melt away. The desire of the wicked shall perish. Praise the LORD

13 Let brotherly love continue.

² Do not forget to entertain strangers. For thereby some have unknowingly received angels into their houses.

³ Remember the prisoners, as though you were bound with them; and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

⁴ Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled. But God will judge whoremongers and adulterers.

⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness. And be content with those things that you have. For He has said,

⁶ “I will neither fail you nor forsake you.”

⁷ So that we may boldly say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.”

⁸ Remember your leaders who have declared to you the Word of God. Follow their faith, considering what has been the outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

¹⁵ Therefore, by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God (that is, the fruit of the lips which confess His Name).

¹⁶ Do not forget to do good and to share. For God is pleased with such sacrifices.

14 And it happened that when He had entered into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they watched Him.

⁷ He also spoke a parable to the guests when He noted how they selected the chief seats at the table, and said to them,

⁸ “When you shall be invited by anyone to a wedding, do not sit yourself down in the place of honor, lest a more honorable than you be invited.

⁹ “And the one who invited both you and him comes and says to you, ‘Give this man that place.’ And then you begin (with shame) to take the lowest place.

¹⁰ “But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place. So that when the one who invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, sit up higher.’ Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who sit at table with you.

¹¹ “For whoever exalts himself, shall be brought low. And the one who humbles himself, shall be exalted.”

¹² Then He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or the rich neighbors, so that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made to you.

¹³ “But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

¹⁴ “And you shall be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you shall be recompensed at the Resurrection of the Just.”