Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Thanksgiving for Answered Prayer
A psalm; a song for the dedication of the house.[a] Of David.[b]
30 I will exalt you, O Yahweh,
because you have drawn me up,
and have not made my enemies rejoice over me.
2 O Yahweh, my God,
I cried for help to you,
and you healed me.
3 O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol.
You preserved me alive
from among those going down [c] to the pit.
4 Sing praises to Yahweh, you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy fame.[d]
5 For there is a moment in his anger;
there is a lifetime in his favor.
Weeping lodges for the evening,
but in the morning comes rejoicing.
6 But as for me, I had said in my prosperity,
“I shall not be moved ever.”
7 O Yahweh, by your favor
you caused my strong mountain to stand.
You hid your face. I was bewildered.
8 To you, O Yahweh, I called,
and to the Lord I pleaded for grace saying,
9 “What gain is there in my death,[e]
in my going down into the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?
10 “O Yahweh, hear and be gracious to me.
O Yahweh, be my helper.”
11 You have turned my wailing into my dancing.
You have removed my sackcloth
and clothed me with joy
12 so that I[f] may sing praises to you
and not be quiet.
O Yahweh, my God,
I will give thanks to you forever.
21 “But[a] if he is poor and he cannot afford[b] it,[c] then[d] he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for himself and one-tenth of an ephah[e] of finely milled flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil, 22 and two turtledoves or two young doves[f] that he can afford,[g] and one shall be a sin offering and the other[h] a burnt offering. 23 And he shall bring them to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance before[i] Yahweh on the eighth day for his cleansing. 24 And the priest shall take the male lamb for the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before[j] Yahweh; 25 and he shall slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take some of[k] the guilt offering’s blood, and he shall put it[l] on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe. 26 Then[m] the priest shall pour out some of[n] the oil on his own[o] left palm, 27 and with his right finger the priest shall spatter some of[p] the oil that is on his left palm seven times before[q] Yahweh. 28 Then[r] the priest shall put some of[s] the oil that is on his palm on the right ear’s lobe of the one who presents himself for cleansing and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe on the place of the guilt offering’s blood. 29 And the remaining oil that is on the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one who presents himself for cleansing to make atonement for him before[t] Yahweh. 30 And he shall sacrifice[u] one of the turtledoves or the young doves[v] that he can afford,[w] 31 even[x] what he can afford,[y] the one as a sin offering and the other[z] as a burnt offering in addition to the grain offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the one who presents himself for cleansing before[aa] Yahweh. 32 This is the regulation of the one on whom is an infectious skin disease who cannot afford[ab] the cost[ac] for his cleansing.”
Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany
6 Now while[a] Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came up to him holding an alabaster flask of very expensive perfumed oil, and poured it[b] out on his head while he[c] was reclining at table. 8 And when[d] the disciples saw it[e] they were indignant, saying, “Why[f] this waste? 9 For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor!” 10 But Jesus, knowing this,[g] said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for the woman? For she has done a good deed for me. 11 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me. 12 For when[h] this woman poured this ointment on my body, she did it[i] in order to prepare me for burial. 13 Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”
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