Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
15 I will go away and return to My place
Until they [a](A)acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will (B)search for Me.
The Response to God’s Rebuke
6 “(C)Come, let’s return to the Lord.
For (D)He has torn us, but (E)He will heal us;
He has [b]wounded us, but He will (F)bandage us.
2 He will (G)revive us after two days;
He will (H)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 So let’s (I)learn, let’s press on to know the Lord.
His (J)appearance is as sure as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the (K)rain,
As the spring rain waters the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, (L)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
For your loyalty is like a (M)morning cloud,
And like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore I have (N)cut them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the (O)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that [c]shines.
6 For (P)I [d]desire loyalty (Q)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 “(A)Hear, My people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify [a]against you;
I am God, (B)your God.
8 I do (C)not rebuke you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
9 I will not take a (D)bull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.
10 For (E)every animal of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every (F)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is [b]Mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the (G)world is Mine, and [c]everything it contains.
13 Shall I eat the flesh of [d](H)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
14 Offer God (I)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And (J)pay your vows to the Most High;
15 (K)Call upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will (L)rescue you, and you will (M)honor Me.”
13 For (A)the promise to Abraham or to his [a]descendants (B)that he would be heir of the world was not [b]through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For (C)if those who are [c]of the Law are heirs, then faith is made void and the promise is nullified; 15 for (D)the Law brings about wrath, but (E)where there is no law, there also is no violation.
16 For this reason it is [d]by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with (F)grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to (G)all the [e]descendants, not only to [f]those who are of the Law, but also to [g](H)those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is (I)the father of us all, 17 (as it is written: “I have made you (J)a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, (K)who gives life to the dead and (L)calls into being (M)things that do not exist. 18 In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become (N)a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “(O)So shall your [h]descendants be.” 19 Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now (P)as good as dead since (Q)he was about a hundred years old, and (R)the deadness of Sarah’s womb; 20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, (S)giving glory to God, 21 and (T)being fully assured that (U)what God had promised, He was able also to perform. 22 Therefore (V)it was also credited to him as righteousness. 23 Now (W)not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, to us (X)who believe in Him who (Y)raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 He who was (Z)delivered over because of our wrongdoings, and was (AA)raised because of our justification.
Matthew Called
9 (A)As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called (B)Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s office; and He *said to him, “(C)Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
10 Then it happened that as [a]Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and [b]sinners came and began dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “(D)Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not (E)those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Now go and learn [c](F)what this means: ‘(G)I desire [d]compassion, [e]rather than sacrifice,’ for (H)I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Miracles of Healing
18 (A)While He was saying these things to them, behold, [a]a synagogue [b]official came and [c](B)bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will become alive again.” 19 Jesus got up from the table and began to accompany him, along with His disciples.
20 And behold, a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him, and touched (C)the [d]border of His [e]cloak; 21 for she was [f]saying [g]to herself, “If I only (D)touch His cloak, I will [h]get well.” 22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, “Daughter, (E)take courage; (F)your faith has [i]made you well.” And [j]at once the woman was [k]made well.
23 When Jesus came into the [l]official’s house and saw (G)the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder, 24 He said, “Leave; for the girl (H)has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him. 25 But (I)when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and (J)took her by the hand, and the girl [m]got up. 26 And (K)this news spread throughout that land.
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