Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
8 O (A)Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O (B)God of Jacob! Selah.
9 See our (C)shield, O God,
And look upon the face of (D)Your anointed.
10 For (E)better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.
I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Yahweh God is (F)a sun and (G)shield;
Yahweh gives grace and (H)glory;
(I)No good thing does He withhold [a]from those who walk blamelessly.
12 O Yahweh of hosts,
How (J)blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Daniel Interprets the Writing on the Wall
13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the [a](A)exiles from Judah, whom my father the king (B)brought from Judah? 14 Now I have heard about you that [b]a spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination, insight, and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you. 15 Just now the (C)wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this writing and make its interpretation known to me, but they (D)could not declare the interpretation of the [c]message. 16 But I personally have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and [d]solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read the writing and make its (E)interpretation known to me, you will be (F)clothed with purple and wear a necklace of gold around your neck, and you will rule with power as the [e]third ruler in the kingdom.”
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Let your (G)gifts remain with you or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the writing to the king and make the interpretation known to him. 18 [f]O king, the (H)Most High God (I)granted the kingdom, (J)grandeur, glory, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father. 19 And because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations, and men of every tongue feared and were in dread before him; (K)whomever he wished he killed, and whomever he wished he kept alive, and whomever he wished he raised up, and whomever he wished he made low. 20 But when his heart was (L)raised up and his spirit became so (M)strong that he behaved arrogantly, he was (N)deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken away from him. 21 He was also (O)driven away from the sons of [g]men, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his place of habitation was with the (P)wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of the sky until he knew that the (Q)Most High God is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind and that He sets up over it whomever He wishes. 22 Yet you, his [h]son, Belshazzar, have (R)not made your heart lowly, [i]even though you knew all this, 23 but you have (S)raised yourself up against the (T)Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the (U)gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear, or know. But the God (V)in whose hand are your life-breath and all your (W)ways, you have not honored. 24 Then the [j](X)hand was sent from Him, and this writing was [k]inscribed.
25 “Now this is the writing that was [l]inscribed: ‘[m]MENĒ, [n]MENĒ, [o]TEKĒL, [p]UPHARSIN.’ 26 This is the interpretation of the [q]message: ‘MENĒ’—God has numbered your kingdom and (Y)put an end to it. 27 ‘TEKĒL’—you have been (Z)weighed on the scales and found lacking. 28 ‘PERĒS’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the (AA)Medes and [r]Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar said the word, and they (AB)clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now would be the [s]third powerful ruler in the kingdom.
30 That same night (AC)Belshazzar the Chaldean king was (AD)killed.
31 [t]So (AE)Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
Parable of Two Sons
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the (A)vineyard.’ 29 And he answered and said, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 And the man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered and said, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that (B)the tax collectors and prostitutes [a]will get into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but (C)the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even regret afterward so as to believe him.
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