Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Blessed Unity of the People of God

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

Death of Joseph^(A)

²² So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. ²³ Joseph saw Ephraim’s children ^(B)to the third generation. ^(C)The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, ^(D)were also brought up on Joseph’s knees.

²⁴ And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but ^(E)God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land ^(F)of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” ²⁵ Then ^(G)Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely ^[a]visit you, and ^(H)you shall carry up my ^(I)bones from here.” ²⁶ So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree^(A)

^20 (B)Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. ²¹ And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”

²² So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. ²³ For ^(C)assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. ²⁴ Therefore I say to you, ^(D)whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Forgiveness and Prayer^(E)

²⁵ “And whenever you stand praying, ^(F)if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.