Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
5 Thus says the Lord concerning (A)the prophets
who lead my people astray,
(B)who cry “Peace”
when they have something to eat,
but declare war against him
who puts nothing into their mouths.
6 Therefore (C)it shall be night to you, without vision,
and darkness to you, without divination.
(D)The sun shall go down on the prophets,
and the day shall be black over them;
7 (E)the seers shall be disgraced,
and the diviners put to shame;
(F)they shall all cover their lips,
for (G)there is no answer from God.
8 But as for me, (H)I am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob (I)his transgression
and to Israel his sin.
9 (J)Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel,
(K)who detest justice
and make crooked all that is straight,
10 (L)who build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 (M)Its heads give judgement for a bribe;
(N)its priests teach for a price;
(O)its prophets practise divination for money;
(P)yet they lean on the Lord and (Q)say,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
(R)No disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
(S)Zion shall be ploughed as a field;
Jerusalem (T)shall become a heap of ruins,
and (U)the mountain of the house (V)a wooded height.
Send Out Your Light and Your Truth
43 (A)Vindicate me, O God, and (B)defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from (C)the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
2 For you are (D)the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you (E)rejected me?
Why do I (F)go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 (G)Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your (H)holy hill
and to your (I)dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 (J)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
(K)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
9 For you remember, brothers, (A)our labour and toil: we (B)worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and (C)God also, (D)how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct towards you believers. 11 For you know how, (E)like a father with his children, 12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and (F)charged (G)you to walk in a manner worthy of God, (H)who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
13 And (I)we also thank God constantly[a] for this, that when you received (J)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it (K)not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, (L)which is at work in you believers.
Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees
23 Then Jesus (A)said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 (B)“The scribes and the Pharisees (C)sit on Moses' seat, 3 so practise and observe whatever they tell you—(D)but not what they do. (E)For they preach, but do not practise. 4 (F)They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,[a] and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 (G)They do all their deeds (H)to be seen by others. For they make (I)their phylacteries broad and (J)their fringes long, 6 and they (K)love the place of honour at feasts and (L)the best seats in the synagogues 7 and (M)greetings in (N)the market-places and being called (O)rabbi[b] by others. 8 (P)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are (Q)all brothers.[c] 9 (R)And call no man your father on earth, for (S)you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, (T)the Christ. 11 (U)The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (V)Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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