Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁵ For we are not proclaiming ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus, ⁶ because God, the One having said “Light will shine out of darkness”, is He Who shined in our hearts for^[a] the illumination of ^[b] the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

God Is Making Life Known Through Clay Vessels Handed Over To Death

⁷ But^[c] we have this treasure in vessels made-of-clay, in order that the excess^[d] of the power may be God’s and not from us— ⁸ in every way being afflicted^[e] but not restrained^[f], being perplexed but not utterly-perplexed, ⁹ being persecuted but not forsaken, being struck down but not perishing; ¹⁰ at-all-times carrying-around in our body the dying^[g] of Jesus in order that the life of Jesus may also be made-evident^[h] in our body. ¹¹ For we the ones living are always being handed-over to death for the sake of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be made-evident in our mortal flesh. ¹² So then, death is at-work in us, but life in you.

The Disciples Pluck Grain On The Sabbath. I Am Lord of The Sabbath

²³ And it came about that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way while plucking^[a] the heads [of grain]. ²⁴ And the Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look! Why are they doing on the Sabbath what is not lawful?” ²⁵ And He says to them, “Did you never read [in 1 Sam 21:1-6] what David did when he had a need and was hungry, he and the ones with him— ²⁶ how he entered into the house of God in the time^[b] of Abiathar the high-priest and ate the Bread of Presentation^[c] which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests, and he gave it also to the ones being with him?” ²⁷ And He was saying to them, “The Sabbath was made^[d] for the sake of mankind, and not mankind for the sake of the Sabbath. ²⁸ So then^[e], the Son of Man is Lord even^[f] of the Sabbath”.

Is It Lawful To Heal On The Sabbath? Jesus Heals a Man, Inflaming The Pharisees

3 And He entered again into the synagogue. And there was a man there having his hand having become-withered. ² And they were closely-watching Him to see if He would cure him on the Sabbath, in order that they might accuse Him. ³ And He says to the man having the withered hand, “Arise into the middle”. ⁴ And He says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do-harm^[g], to save a life or to kill?” But the ones were being silent. ⁵ And having looked-around-at them with anger, while being deeply-grieved at the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out the hand”. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ And having gone out, the Pharisees immediately were giving counsel against Him with the Herodians^[h] so that they might destroy Him.