Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 30[a]
A psalm, a song used at the dedication of the temple;[b] by David.
30 I will praise you, O Lord, for you lifted me up,[c]
and did not allow my enemies to gloat[d] over me.
2 O Lord my God,
I cried out to you and you healed me.[e]
3 O Lord, you pulled me[f] up from Sheol;
you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.[g]
4 Sing to the Lord, you faithful followers[h] of his;
give thanks to his holy name.[i]
5 For his anger lasts only a brief moment,
and his good favor restores one’s life.[j]
One may experience sorrow during the night,
but joy arrives in the morning.[k]
6 In my self-confidence I said,
“I will never be shaken.”[l]
7 O Lord, in your good favor you made me secure.[m]
Then you rejected me[n] and I was terrified.
8 To you, O Lord, I cried out;
I begged the Lord for mercy:[o]
9 “What[p] profit is there in taking my life,[q]
in my descending into the Pit?[r]
Can the dust of the grave[s] praise you?
Can it declare your loyalty?[t]
10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me.
O Lord, deliver me.”[u]
11 Then you turned my lament into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.[v]
12 So now[w] my heart[x] will sing to you and not be silent;
O Lord my God, I will always[y] give thanks to you.
The Eighth-Day Atonement Rituals for the Poor Person
21 “If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means,[a] he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,[b] 22 and two turtledoves or two young pigeons,[c] which are within his means.[d] One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.[e]
23 “On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance[f] of the Meeting Tent before the Lord, 24 and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave them[g] as a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed,[h] on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe[i] of his right foot. 26 The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand,[j] 27 and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefinger[k] seven times before the Lord. 28 Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand[l] on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering, 29 and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the hand[m] of the priest he is to put[n] on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord.
30 “He will then make one of the turtledoves[o] or young pigeons, which are within his means,[p] 31 a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering.[q] So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the Lord. 32 This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection,[r] who does not have sufficient means for his purification.”[s]
Jesus’ Anointing
6 Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,[a] 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar[b] of expensive perfumed oil,[c] and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.[d] 8 When[e] the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, “Why this waste? 9 It[f] could have been sold at a high price and the money[g] given to the poor!” 10 When[h] Jesus learned of this, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She[i] has done a good service for me. 11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me![j] 12 When[k] she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13 I tell you the truth,[l] wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
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