Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

61 Hear my cry, O God! Give ear to my prayer!

² From the ends of the Earth I will cry to You. When my heart is oppressed, bring me upon the Rock that is higher than I.

³ For You have been my hope, a strong tower against the enemy.

⁴ I will dwell in Your Tabernacle forever. My trust shall be under the covering of Your wings. Selah.

⁵ For You, O God, have heard my desires. You have given a heritage to those who fear Your Name.

⁶ You shall give the king a long life. His years shall be as many ages.

⁷ He shall dwell before God forever. Prepare mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

⁸ So I will always sing praise to Your Name in performing, daily, my vows. To the excellent musician, Jeduthun: A Psalm of David

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign.

² He was sixteen years old when he was made king; and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

³ And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

⁴ But the high places were not put away. The people still offered and burned incense in the high places.

⁵ And the LORD struck the king. And he was a leper until the day of his death and dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham, the king’s son, governed the house, judging the people of the land.

⁶ Concerning the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

⁷ So Azariah slept with his fathers. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. And Jotham, his son, reigned in his place.

⁵ Jesus sent forth these twelve and commanded them, saying, “Do not go the way of the Gentiles. And do not enter into the cities of the Samaritans.

⁶ “But rather, go to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.

⁷ “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

⁸ “Heal the sick. Cleanse the lepers. Raise up the dead. Cast out the demons. Freely you have received. Freely give.

⁹ “Do not keep gold or silver or money in your belts,

¹⁰ “nor a bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the worker is worthy of his food.

¹¹ “And into whatever city or town you shall come, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay there until you move on.

¹² “And when you come into a house, greet it.

¹³ “And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ “And whoever shall not receive you or hear your words, shake off the dust of your feet when you depart from that house, or that city.

¹⁵ “Truly I say to you, it shall be easier for those of the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment, than for that city.