Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹⁰ “Surely as the rain comes down, and the snow from the heavens, and does not return there, but waters the earth and makes it bring forth and bud, so that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

¹¹ “so shall My Word be that goes out of My Mouth. It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I will, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

¹² “Therefore, you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into joy. And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

¹³ “There shall grow fir trees instead of thorns, the myrtle tree shall grow instead of nettles, and it shall be to the LORD for a Name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be taken away.”

65 O God, praise waits for You in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed.

² O, You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come!

³ Wicked deeds have prevailed against me. But You will be merciful to our transgressions.

⁴ Blessed is he whom You choose and cause to come. He shall dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the pleasures of Your House, and of Your Holy Temple.

⁵ O God of our salvation, You will answer us with fearful signs in Your righteousness. You are the hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of those who are far off in the sea.

⁶ He establishes the mountains by His power, being clothed with strength.

⁷ He appeases the noise of the seas, and the noise of the waves thereof, and the tumults of the people.

⁸ Also, those who dwell in the uttermost parts shall be afraid of Your signs. You shall make the outgoings of the morning and the evening rejoice.

⁹ You visit the Earth and water it. You make it very rich. The river of God is full of water. You prepare their grain, for so You have appointed it.

¹⁰ You water the furrows thereof abundantly. You cause the rain to descend into the valleys thereof. You make it soft with showers and bless the bud thereof.

¹¹ You crown the year with Your goodness; and Your steps drop fatness.

¹² They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; and the hills shall be surrounded with gladness.

¹³ The pastures are clad with sheep. The valleys, also, shall be covered with grain. They shout for joy and sing. To him who excels: A song or psalm

8 Now, then, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus; who do not walk after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

² For the Law of the Spirit of life, Who is in Christ Jesus, has freed me from the Law of sin and of death.

³ For what the Law could not do (since it was weak because of the flesh) God did; having sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh,

⁴ that the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us; who do not walk after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

⁵ For those who are after the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

⁶ For the wisdom of the flesh is death. But the wisdom of the Spirit is life and peace.

⁷ Because the wisdom of the flesh is hostility toward God. For it is not subject to the Law of God, nor indeed can it be.

⁸ So, then, those who are in the flesh, cannot please God.

⁹ Now, you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. Because the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, the same is not His.

¹⁰ And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin. But the Spirit is life, for righteousness’ sake.

¹¹ But if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He Who raised up Christ from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by His Spirit, Who dwells in you.

13 The same day, Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

² And great multitudes gathered to Him, so that He went into a ship and sat down. And the whole multitude stood on the shore.

³ Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.

⁴ “And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside. And the birds came and devoured them.

⁵ “And some fell upon stony ground, where they did not have much earth. And soon they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

⁶ “But when the Sun came up, they were burnt up; and for lack of rooting, withered away.

⁷ “And some fell among thorns. And the thorns sprang up and choked them.

⁸ But some fell in good ground, and brought forth fruit; one corn a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and another thirtyfold.

⁹ “The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁸ “Therefore, hear the parable of the Sower.

¹⁹ “Whenever anyone hears the Word of the Kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which was sown in his heart. And this is the one who has received the seed by the wayside.

²⁰ “And the one who received seed in the stony ground, is he who hears the Word, and immediately, with joy, receives it,

²¹ “but he has no root in himself and endures but a season. For as soon as trouble or persecution comes because of the Word, he quickly stumbles.

²² “And the one who receives the seed among thorns, is he who hears the Word, but the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word. And it is made unfruitful.

²³ “But the one who receives the seed in the good ground, is he who hears the Word and understands it, who also bears fruit and brings forth; some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.”