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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
Duration: 1245 days
Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
Version
Psalm 145:10-18

10 All you have made will thank you, Lord;
the[a] faithful will bless you.(A)
11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom
and will declare your might,(B)
12 informing all people of your mighty acts
and of the glorious splendor of your[b] kingdom.(C)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
your rule is for all generations.(D)
The Lord is faithful in all his words
and gracious in all his actions.[c](E)

14 The Lord helps all who fall;
he raises up all who are oppressed.[d](F)
15 All eyes look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.(G)
16 You open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.(H)

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and faithful in all his acts.(I)
18 The Lord is near all who call out to him,
all who call out to him with integrity.(J)

2 Kings 4:38-41

The Deadly Stew

38 When Elisha returned to Gilgal,(A) there was a famine(B) in the land. The sons of the prophets(C) were sitting before him.(D) He said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.”

39 One went out to the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment would hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, but they were unaware of what they were.[a]

40 They served some for the men to eat, but when they ate the stew they cried out, “There’s death in the pot,(E) man of God!” And they were unable to eat it.

41 Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it for the people to eat.” And there was nothing bad in the pot.(F)

John 4:31-38

31 In the meantime the disciples kept urging him, “Rabbi,(A) eat something.”

32 But he said, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

33 The disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?”

34 “My food is to do the will of him(B) who sent me(C) and to finish his work,”(D) Jesus told them. 35 “Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, and then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open[a] your eyes and look at the fields, because they are ready[b] for harvest. 36 The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life,(E) so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’(F) 38 I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from[c] their labor.”

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