Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 Because (A)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
(B)Dishonor has covered my face.
8 I have become (C)estranged [a]from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
9 For (D)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And (E)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept (F)in my soul with fasting,
It became my (G)disgrace.
11 When I made (A)sackcloth my clothing,
I became (B)a proverb to them.
12 Those who (C)sit in the gate talk about me,
And (D)songs of mockery by those habitually drunk are about me.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, (E)at an acceptable time;
God, in the (F)greatness of Your mercy,
Answer me with [a]Your saving truth.
14 Rescue me from the (G)mud and do not let me sink;
May I be (H)rescued from those who hate me, and from the (I)depths of water.
15 May the [b](J)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the (K)pit close its mouth on me.
Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah
20 When Pashhur the priest, the son of (A)Immer, who was (B)chief overseer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2 Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet (C)beaten and put him in the (D)stocks that were at the upper (E)Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Lord. 3 Then on the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the Lord has (F)called you, but rather [a](G)Magor-missabib. 4 For this is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to make you a (H)horror to yourself and to all your friends; and while (I)your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will (J)hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will take them away as (K)exiles to Babylon and will kill them with the sword. 5 I will also give all the (L)wealth of this city, all its produce and all its valuable things—even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will (M)hand over to their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them away, and bring them to Babylon. 6 And you, (N)Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die and there you will be buried, you and all your (O)friends to whom you have (P)falsely prophesied.’”
53 When He left that place, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to interrogate Him about many subjects, 54 (A)plotting against Him (B)to catch [a]Him in something He might say.
God Knows and Cares
12 Under these circumstances, after [b]so many thousands of [c]people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “(C)Beware of the [d]leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 (D)But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. 3 Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have [e]whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on (E)the housetops.
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