Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Yahweh Is Holy
19 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘(A)You shall be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
15 ‘(A)You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness. 16 You shall not go about as (B)a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand against the [a](C)life of your neighbor; I am Yahweh.
17 ‘You (D)shall not hate your brother in your heart; you (E)may surely reprove your neighbor, and so not bear sin because of him. 18 (F)You shall not take vengeance, (G)and you shall not keep your anger against the sons of your people, but (H)you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.
BOOK 1
The Way of the Righteous and Wicked
1 How blessed is the man who (A)does not walk in the (B)counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the (C)way of sinners,
Nor (D)sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his (E)delight is (F)in the law of [a]Yahweh,
And in His law he meditates (G)day and (H)night.
3 And he will be like (I)a tree firmly planted by [b]streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its [c]leaf does not wither;
And [d]in whatever he does, (J)he prospers.
Entrusted with the Gospel
2 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our (A)entrance to you (B)was not in vain, 2 but after we had already suffered and been (C)mistreated in (D)Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God (E)to speak to you the (F)gospel of God amid much (G)struggle. 3 For our (H)exhortation does not come from (I)error or (J)impurity or [a]by way of (K)deceit; 4 (L)but just as we have been approved by God to be (M)entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, (N)not as pleasing men, but God who [b](O)examines our hearts. 5 For we never came with a flattering word, as you know, nor with (P)a pretext for greed—(Q)God is witness— 6 nor (R)seeking glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as (S)apostles of Christ we [c]could have been a burden to you. 7 But we [d]proved to be [e](T)gentle [f]among you, (U)as a nursing mother [g]tenderly cares for her own children. 8 In this way, having fond affection for you, we were pleased to (V)impart to you not only the (W)gospel of God but also our own [h]lives, because you had become beloved to us.
The Foremost Commandment
34 (A)But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced (B)the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. 35 And one of them, (C)a scholar of the Law, asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And He said to him, “‘(D)You shall love the [a]Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the great and [b]foremost commandment. 39 And the second is like it, ‘(E)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 (F)On these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
41 (G)Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying, “What do you think about [c]the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “(H)The son of David.” 43 He *said to them, “Then how does David [d](I)in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,
44 ‘(J)The [e]Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet”’?
45 Therefore, if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?” 46 (K)And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him [f]another question.
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