Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Yahweh Is My Shepherd
A Psalm of David.
23 Yahweh is my (A)shepherd,
I [a]shall (B)not want.
2 He makes me lie down in (C)green pastures;
He (D)leads me beside [b](E)quiet waters.
3 He (F)restores my soul;
He (G)guides me in the [c](H)paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
4 Even though I (I)walk through the [d]valley of the shadow of death,
I (J)fear no [e]evil, for (K)You are with me;
Your (L)rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You (M)prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You [f]have (N)anointed my head with oil;
My (O)cup overflows.
6 [g]Surely (P)goodness and lovingkindness will [h]pursue me all the days of my life,
And I will [i](Q)dwell in the house of Yahweh [j]forever.
16 Go and (A)gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘(B)Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “[a](C)I indeed care about you and what has been done to you in Egypt. 17 So (D)I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of (E)the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land (F)flowing with milk and honey.”’ 18 (G)And they will listen to your voice; and (H)you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt, and you all will say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a (I)three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.’ 19 But I know that the king of Egypt (J)will not give you permission to go, (K)except by a strong hand. 20 So I will stretch out (L)My hand and strike Egypt with all My (M)wondrous deeds which I shall do in the midst of it; and (N)after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people (O)favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty. 22 But every woman (P)shall ask of her neighbor and of the woman who lives in her house, for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will (Q)plunder the Egyptians.”
Moses Returns to Egypt
18 Then Moses went and returned to [a]Jethro (A)his father-in-law and said to him, “Please, let me go, that I may return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” 19 And Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for (B)all the men who were seeking your life are dead.” 20 So Moses took his wife and his (C)sons and mounted them on a donkey and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the (D)staff of God in his hand.
Be Subject to Authority
13 (A)Be subject for the sake of the Lord to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14 or to governors as sent [a]by him (B)for the punishment of evildoers and the (C)praise of those who do good. 15 For [b](D)such is the will of God that by doing good you may (E)silence the ignorance of foolish men. 16 Act as (F)free people, and [c]do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as (G)slaves of God. 17 (H)Honor all people, (I)love the [d]brethren, (J)fear God, (K)honor the [e]king.
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