Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 “Now as for you, son of man, I have (A)given you as a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a word from My mouth and give them (B)warning from Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will (C)surely die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand. 9 But as for you, if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he (D)does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have (E)delivered your life.
10 “Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus you have spoken, saying, “Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are (F)rotting away in them; (G)how then can we live?”’ 11 Say to them, ‘(H)As I live!’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘I take (I)no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked (J)turn from his way and live. (K)Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’
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33 (A)Instruct me, O Yahweh, in the way of Your statutes,
That I may observe it to the end.
34 (B)Cause me to understand, that I may (C)observe Your law
And keep it (D)with all my heart.
35 Cause me to walk in the (E)path of Your commandments,
For I (F)delight in it.
36 (G)Cause my heart to incline to Your testimonies
And not to (H)dishonest gain.
37 Cause my (I)eyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness,
And (J)revive me in Your ways.
38 (K)Cause Your [a]word to be established for Your slave,
[b]As that which produces fear for You.
39 (L)Cause my reproach which I dread to pass away,
For Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I (M)long for Your precepts;
Revive me in Your righteousness.
8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for (A)he who loves [a]his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For this, “(B)You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, “(C)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does not work evil against a neighbor; therefore (D)love is the fulfillment of the Law.
11 And do this, knowing the time, that it is (E)already the hour for you to (F)awaken from sleep; for now [b]salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. 12 (G)The night is almost gone, and (H)the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside (I)the deeds of darkness and put on (J)the armor of light. 13 Let us (K)walk properly as in the day, (L)not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But (M)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh (N)in regard to its lusts.
If Your Brother Sins
15 “(A)Now if your brother sins[a], go and [b]show him his fault, between you and him alone; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. 16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that (B)by the mouth of two or three witnesses every [c]fact may be confirmed. 17 And if he refuses to listen to them, (C)tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, (D)let him be to you as the Gentile and the tax collector. 18 Truly I say to you, (E)whatever you [d]bind on earth [e]shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you [f]loose on earth [g]shall have been loosed in heaven.
19 “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, (F)it shall be done for them [h]by My Father who is in heaven. 20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, (G)I am there in their midst.”
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