Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Yahweh Will Set the Needy in Safety
For the choir director. According to the [a]Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
12 Save, O Yahweh, for (A)the holy man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 They (B)speak worthlessness to one another;
With a (C)flattering lip and with a double heart they speak.
3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that (D)speaks great things;
4 Who (E)have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are [b]our own; who is lord over us?”
5 “Because of the (F)devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now (G)I will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will (H)set him in the [c]safety for which he [d]longs.”
10 The soul of the wicked craves evil;
His (A)neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
11 When the (B)scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
And when one considers wisdom, he receives knowledge.
12 The righteous one considers the house of the wicked,
Turning the (C)wicked to ruin.
13 He who (D)shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will himself also call and not be (E)answered.
14 A (F)gift in secret subdues anger,
And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
15 To do justice is [a]pleasure for the righteous,
But is (G)ruin to the workers of iniquity.
16 A man who wanders from the way of insight
Will (H)rest in the assembly of the [b]dead.
45 (A)And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples, 46 “Beware of the scribes, (B)who want to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, 47 who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
The Widow’s Offering
21 (C)And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And He saw a poor widow putting [a]in (D)two [b]lepta. 3 And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them. 4 For they all put in their gifts out of their abundance; but she, out of what she lacked, put in all [c]that she had (E)for living.”
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