Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
God the Help of Those Who Seek Him
A Song of Ascents.
121 I (A)will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
2 (B)My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
3 (C)He will not allow your foot to [a]be moved;
(D)He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
4 “Listen to Me, My people;
And give ear to Me, O My nation:
(A)For law will proceed from Me,
And I will make My justice rest
(B)As a light of the peoples.
5 (C)My righteousness is near,
My salvation has gone forth,
(D)And My arms will judge the peoples;
(E)The coastlands will wait upon Me,
And (F)on My arm they will trust.
6 (G)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
And look on the earth beneath.
For (H)the heavens will vanish away like smoke,
(I)The earth will grow old like a garment,
And those who dwell in it will die in like manner;
But My salvation will be (J)forever,
And My righteousness will not be [a]abolished.
7 “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people (K)in whose heart is My law:
(L)Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
8 For (M)the moth will eat them up like a garment,
And the worm will eat them like wool;
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation from generation to generation.”
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant(A)
7 Now when He concluded all His sayings in the hearing of the people, He (B)entered Capernaum. 2 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and ready to die. 3 So when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, pleading with Him to come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying that the one for whom He should do this was deserving, 5 “for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue.”
6 Then Jesus went with them. And when He was already not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof. 7 Therefore I did not even think myself worthy to come to You. But (C)say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8 For I also am a man placed under (D)authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
9 When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” 10 And those who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant well [a]who had been sick.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.