Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

When Brothers Dwell in Unity

A Song of ^(A)Ascents. Of David.

The Death of Joseph

²² So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father's house. Joseph lived for 110 years. ²³ And Joseph saw Ephraim's children ^(A)of the third generation. The ^(B)children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were ^(C)counted as Joseph's own.^{[a] 24} And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but ^(D)God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land ^(E)that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” ²⁵ Then ^(F)Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” ²⁶ So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They ^(G)embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree

^20 (A)As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. ²¹ And Peter remembered and said to him, ^(B)“Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” ²² And Jesus answered them, “Have ^(C)faith in God. ^23 (D)Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ^(E)‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea’, and does not ^(F)doubt in his heart, but ^(G)believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. ²⁴ Therefore I tell you, ^(H)whatever you ask in prayer, ^(I)believe that you ^(J)have received^[a] it, and it will be yours. ²⁵ And whenever ^(K)you stand praying, ^(L)forgive, ^(M)if you have anything against anyone, so that ^(N)your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”^[b]