Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Psalm 111[a]
111 Praise the Lord!
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.
2 The Lord’s deeds are great,
eagerly awaited[b] by all who desire them.
3 His work is majestic and glorious,[c]
and his faithfulness endures[d] forever.
4 He does[e] amazing things that will be remembered;[f]
the Lord is merciful and compassionate.
5 He gives[g] food to his faithful followers;[h]
he always remembers his covenant.[i]
6 He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people,
giving them a land that belonged to other nations.[j]
7 His acts are characterized by[k] faithfulness and justice;
all his precepts are reliable.[l]
8 They are forever firm,
and should be faithfully and properly carried out.[m]
9 He delivered his people;[n]
he ordained that his covenant be observed forever.[o]
His name is holy and awesome.
10 To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living;[p]
all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight.[q]
He will receive praise forever.[r]
Purification of Disease-Infected Houses
33 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 34 “When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give[a] to you for a possession, and I put[b] a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess,[c] 35 then whoever owns the house[d] must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’ 36 Then the priest will command that the house be cleared[e] before the priest enters to examine the infection[f] so that everything in the house[g] does not become unclean,[h] and afterward[i] the priest will enter to examine the house. 37 He is to examine the infection, and if[j] the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions,[k] and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall,[l] 38 then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days.[m] 39 The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if[n] the infection has spread in the walls of the house, 40 then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown[o] outside the city into an unclean place. 41 Then they shall scrape[p] the house all around on the inside,[q] and the plaster[r] which they have scraped off[s] must be dumped outside the city into an unclean place. 42 They are then to take other stones and replace those stones,[t] and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.
43 “If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered,[u] 44 the priest is to come and examine it, and if[v] the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean. 45 He must tear down the house,[w] its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it[x] outside the city to an unclean place. 46 Anyone who enters[y] the house all the days the priest[z] has quarantined it will be unclean until evening. 47 Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes.
48 “If, however, the priest enters[aa] and examines it, and the[ab] infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed. 49 Then he[ac] is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop[ad] to purify[ae] the house, 50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water.[af] 51 He must then take the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 So he is to purify the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric, 53 and he is to send the live bird away outside the city[ag] into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean.
13 Hold to the standard[a] of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.[b] 14 Protect that good thing[c] entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.
15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia[d] deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16 May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.[e] 17 But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me. 18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day![f] And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.[g]
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