Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Pe

David’s Instructions for Solomon

2 The days of David came near for him to die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying, ² “I am about to go the way of all the world. Be strong and be courageous.^{[a] 3} You shall keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his judgments, and his testimonies, as are written in the law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all that you do and everywhere you turn, ⁴ so that Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed of their way, to walk before me in faithfulness, with all their heart and with all their soul, no man of yours will be cut off from the throne of Israel.’”

The Sign of Jonah

³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you!” ³⁹ But he answered and^[a] said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation desires a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah! ⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹ The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, something^[b] greater than Jonah is here! ⁴² The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something^[c] greater than Solomon is here!