Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Teach Me Your Paths

^[a] Of David.

¹⁵ And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt ^(A)with a mighty hand, and ^(B)have made a name for yourself, as at this day, ^(C)we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

¹⁶ “O Lord, ^(D)according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, ^(E)your holy hill, ^(F)because for our sins, and for ^(G)the iniquities of our fathers, ^(H)Jerusalem and your people have become ^(I)a byword among all who are around us. ¹⁷ Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,^{[a] (J)}make your face to shine upon ^(K)your sanctuary, which is desolate. ^18 (L)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see ^(M)our desolations, and ^(N)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. ¹⁹ O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. ^(O)Delay not, ^(P)for your own sake, O my God, because ^(Q)your city and ^(R)your people are called by your name.”

Gabriel Brings an Answer

^20 (S)While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for ^(T)the holy hill of my God, ²¹ while I was speaking in prayer, the man ^(U)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, ^(V)came to me in swift flight at ^(W)the time of the evening sacrifice. ^22 (X)He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give you ^(Y)insight and understanding. ^23 (Z)At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, ^(AA)and I have come to tell it to you, for ^(AB)you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word ^(AC)and understand the vision.

The Seventy Weeks

^24 (AD)“Seventy weeks^[b] are decreed about your people and ^(AE)your holy city, to finish ^(AF)the transgression, to put an end to sin, ^(AG)and to atone for iniquity, ^(AH)to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and ^(AI)to anoint a most holy place.^{[c] 25 (AJ)}Know therefore and understand that ^(AK)from the going out of the word to restore and ^(AL)build Jerusalem to the coming of an ^(AM)anointed one, a ^(AN)prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again^[d] with squares and moat, ^(AO)but in a troubled time.

Preach the Word

4 ^(A)I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, ^(B)who is to judge the living and the dead, and by ^(C)his appearing and his kingdom: ² preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(D)reprove, rebuke, and ^(E)exhort, with complete patience and teaching. ^3 (F)For the time is coming when people will not endure ^(G)sound^[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, ⁴ and ^(H)will turn away from listening to the truth and ^(I)wander off into myths. ⁵ As for you, ^(J)always be sober-minded, ^(K)endure suffering, do the work of ^(L)an evangelist, ^(M)fulfill your ministry.