Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁴ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and ^(A)he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, Lord, take my ^[a]life, for I am no better than my fathers.” ⁵ Then he lay down and fell asleep under a broom tree; but behold, there was ^(B)an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat!” ⁶ And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a round loaf of bread baked on hot coals, and a pitcher of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. ⁷ But the angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him, and said, “Arise, eat; because the journey is too long for you.” ⁸ So he arose and ate and drank, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for ^(C)forty days and forty nights to ^(D)Horeb, the mountain of God.

The Lord, a Provider and the One Who Rescues Me.

A Psalm of David, when he pretended to be insane before ^[a]Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

²⁵ Therefore, ^(A)ridding yourselves of falsehood, ^(B)speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are ^(C)parts of one another. ^26 (D)Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ²⁷ and do not ^(E)give the devil ^[a]an opportunity. ²⁸ The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather ^(F)he must labor, ^(G)producing with his own hands what is good, ^(H)so that he will have something to share with the one who has need. ²⁹ Let no ^[b](I)unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for ^(J)edification ^[c]according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear. ^30 (K)Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, ^[d]by whom you were ^(L)sealed for the day of redemption. ^31 (M)All bitterness, wrath, anger, ^[e]clamor, and slander must be ^(N)removed from you, along with all ^(O)malice. ^32 (P)Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, ^(Q)just as God in Christ also has forgiven ^[f]you.

Be Imitators of God

5 ^(R)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; ² and ^(S)walk in love, just as Christ also ^(T)loved ^[g]you and ^(U)gave Himself up for us, an ^(V)offering and a sacrifice to God ^[h]as a ^(W)fragrant aroma.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “^(A)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me ^(B)will never be thirsty.

Words to the Jews

^41 (A)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that ^(B)came down out of heaven.” ⁴² And they were saying, “^(C)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(D)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(E)I have come down out of heaven’?” ⁴³ Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop complaining among yourselves. ⁴⁴ No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(F)draws him; and I will ^(G)raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written ^(H)in the Prophets: ‘^(I)And they shall all be ^(J)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. ^46 (K)Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes ^(L)has eternal life. ^48 (M)I am the bread of life. ^49 (N)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰ This is the bread that ^(O)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and ^(P)not die. ^51 (Q)I am the living bread that ^(R)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, ^(S)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give ^(T)for the life of the world also is ^(U)My flesh.”